Sim Nurse NZ

Dr Jessica Stokes-Parish on Moulage and Simulated Participants in Healthcare Simulation

Guest Speaker: Dr Jessica Stokes-Parish

Season 2. Episode 2

Dr Jessica Stokes-Parish is an Associate Dean and Translational Simulation researcher at Bond University, specialising in healthcare simulation, moulage techniques, and the use of simulated participants. With a background in nursing and education, Jessica brings a wealth of knowledge on enhancing simulation realism and effectiveness.

Jess is a practicing intensive care nurse and health professions educator, with post graduate degrees in education, nursing practice and science communication. In addition to 15+ years of bedside nursing, areas of work include health professions workforce development, such as policy, education, and science communication.

In 2022 Jess published a signature CRABS framework for publication and research credibility. This framework is designed to help sift through online content to determine what is credible (and what’s not). She is now referred as the “CRABS Lady”!

Jess has extensive experience in leadership and service roles in the higher education sector, including project management and curriculum design. She has her own private business as well as her university role and also has a highly subscribed Instagram account which challenges misinformation on the internet and how to be a good influencer. Jess is a sought after speaker for conferences both in person and in the virtual space.

Episode Summary:

In this episode of Sim Nurse NZ: Erin, Marie and Alison sit down with Jessica Stokes-Parish, a leading expert from Bond University, to explore the fascinating world of moulage and simulated participants in healthcare simulation.

Moulage: Jessica describes her PHD topic which is the art of moulage in healthcare simulation and when and why to use moulage to create realistic scenarios.

Simulated Participants: Exploring the use of simulated participants (SPs) in simulations and their contribution to immersive learning experiences.

Educational Benefits: How moulage and SPs enhance clinical skills, decision-making, and teamwork among healthcare professionals.

Challenges and Innovations: Discussing challenges in implementing moulage and SPs, along with innovative approaches to overcome them.

Research and Future Directions: Insights into current research trends and the future of moulage and SPs in advancing healthcare simulation.

Links and Resources:

- Bond University: https://bond.edu.au/profile/jessica-stokes-parish

- Jessica Stokes-Parish Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j_stokesparish?igsh=MXVjbml1cHBucDNqbg==

-Jessica Stokes-Parish Website:  https://www.jessicastokesparish.com/

- Jessica Stokes-Parish Publications: https://research.bond.edu.au/en/persons/jessica-stokes-parish

Join us for an insightful conversation on moulage and simulated participants in healthcare simulation, as we uncover strategies to elevate nursing education and patient outcomes. Stay tuned for the Sim Nurse NZ podcast with Jessica Stokes-Parish!

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This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The Starship Foundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.

This podcast was produced by Denish Kumar.

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Dr. Todd Chang, Virtual Reality in Healthcare Simulation Research.

Season 2. Episode 1

Dr. Todd Chang is based at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Todd is the Medical Director at Las Madrinas Simulation Center at CHLA and is a Children’s Emergency Senior Physician. Todd is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Southern California. He has stood past and present on a number of international and local boards in regards to simulation and education. We are incredibly thrilled to have Todd as a guest on SimNurseNZ in this episode and hope you will enjoy the time spent with him as much as we did.

Todd has a passion for advancing healthcare education and innovation. He specialises in the field of virtual reality (VR) healthcare simulation. Todd is a world leading expert in this field of education and he has made significant contributions to development and implementation of VR technology in healthcare staff training, patient care and research related to VR.

Alison, Marie and Erin are absolutely thrilled to interview Todd on this SimNurseNZ podcast episode about research in healthcare VR simulation. Today we discuss virtual reality and Todd’s experiences with both this and research on this subject. He is incredibly kind, funny and fun in this interview. We are incredibly grateful to Todd for sharing such wonderful resources with us to encourage us all to venture into the world of VR healthcare simulation.

Some video links are included below about Todd’s work in Virtual Reality in the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Emergency Department.

1. https://smex12-5-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fjzxvyFWZAoc%3fsi%3d1S85wslrcCBO%5fl2t&umid=031c7308-b274-4ea3-93aa-89cce1662564&auth=9b524f228cf218be85c76e75f89997ec2caa72a4-747cae26f289881baf6cc49b0263d44f1e9797c6

Todd is happy to be contacted via email regarding any enquiries from this SimNurseNZ podcast episode:

[email protected]

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This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The Starship Foundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.

This podcast was produced by Denish Kumar.

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In this episode Erin Carn-Bennett, Alison Cartwright & Marie Collinson interview Dr Khang Hee Gan.

Episode 5

Khang tells us about his career journey to becoming a Paediatric Emergency Consultant in Starship Children’s Hospital and also his journey into simulation. He talks about his experience of being the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme fellow in 2019 and then the Simulation fellow at Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada in 2020. After getting to know Khang a little better we talk with him about the online education tool “virtual resus room” which was created in Canada by Sarah Foohey. Khang showed our DSSP team VRR on his return from Canada and it has become a part of our programme in New Zealand. We explore tele-health as a learning platform and Khang also gives advice to anyone starting out in their simulation journey.

Links

https://virtualresusroom.com/

Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog or email: [email protected]

This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The Starship Foundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.

This podcast was produced by Blue Ginge creative.

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G+T Who is DSSP and how did we get to where we are now?

Episode 4

This episode of Sim Nurse NZ focuses on the history of and current status of the clinical simulation team that is the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme. (DSSP)

We discuss the humble beginnings of the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme and the growth to what it is today.

We explore the foundations, principles and pillars of our simulation programme.

What is required when building a programme?

What would they do differently?

We look into our clinical simulation programme discussing how we ensure that it is psychologically safe and where to prioritise investments.

Discussions include what education does our simulation programme cover?

Concluding this episode is why do we do this? We discuss how as clinicians we can create a positive impact to improving safe care to patients through simulation.

Links: 

Sim zones article:

https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2017/08000/SimZones__An_Organizational_Innovation_for.29.aspx

This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The Starship Foundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.

This podcast was produced by Blue Ginge creative.

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The pivot of simulation based education.

Episode 3

In this episode we take some time to share stories and reflect on how we all had to pivot in our clinical simulation based education roles in 2021. How and why did we do this? It is still relevant today as we all struggle to continue to prioritise education in the current healthcare climate. We talk about work imagined vs. work done in policy writing and how simulation can be a tool to explore this.

Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog or email: [email protected]

This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The Starship Foundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.

This podcast was produced by Blue Ginge creative.

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In this episode we are incredibly lucky to interview one of the international “gurus of simulation” Dr Peter Weinstock.

Episode 2

Dr Weinstock is the Executive Program Director, Immersive Design Systems (formally SIMPeds); Anesthesia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Simulation; Senior Associate, Critical Care Medicine & Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School. Peter has been a pivotal international link for the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme and has been key in growing our team to what it is today. In this episode we explore healthcare simulation with Peter and hear stories from his experience of how clinical simulation has evolved over time.

We discuss his foundational article “Sim Zones” which we discussed in episode one.

Linked below.

https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2017/08000/SimZones__An_Organizational_Innovation_for.29.aspx

This episode also explores how to stay up to date with current developments in healthcare simulation and also predictions of innovations and where the future of simulation is heading.

We talk about effect driving the technology and also how to utilise design thinking. This episode also explores how clinical simulation staff are incredibly skilled at debriefing and have true assets in emotional intelligence especially empathy. Peter also discusses adjacencies that healthcare simulation has to other professions such as behavioural psychology and biometrics. The future of healthcare simulation should be to align and connect with these specialities to cross pollinate expertise and deepen learning.

Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog or email: [email protected]

This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The Starship Foundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.

This podcast was produced by Carl Thompson from Blue Ginge creative.

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SimZones by Roussin & Weinstock (2017) Journal club & who are is SimNurseNZ?

Episode 1

In this episode you will get to know the “ultimate tripod” of healthcare simulation nurse educators from the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme.

They are: Erin Carn-Bennett, Marie Collinson & Alison Cartwright. What are our backgrounds?

Who used to be a volunteer firefighter?

Who was just jealous of setting up the simulations behind the scenes and so badgered till they could join in?

Who was it that has a background in hatching to dispatching nursing and what does that even mean?

This is a multidisciplinary podcast and although through the nursing lens all clinicians are welcome and there is something for everyone to take away. We also have Doctors as guests.

Once you have got to know us a little better we will talk to you about the Sim Zones article by Roussin and Weinstock (2017) and the impact it has had on our programme when us 3 started in our roles in 2019. You can find the article here:  https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2017/08000/SimZones__An_Organizational_Innovation_for.29.aspx

https://starship.org.nz/guidelines/ace-review-after-critical-event/

Please email us at [email protected] or DM us on Twitter to get your copy of our zone 1 and zone 2 debriefing card.

This podcast was produced by Carl Thompson from Blue Ginge creative.

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