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What's Simulcast about?

A podcast dedicated to the discussion of healthcare simulation. Debunking dogma, demystifying jargon and translating knowledge. Hosted by Victoria Brazil, Jesse Spurr & Ben Symon

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Simulcast episodes:

04.12.2024
184 - Simulcast Journal Club April 2024
Psychotherapy in the debrief room, Sim to improve blood transfusion systems sand safety, exploring simulation ‘dose’ for maintenance of skills, and comparing student self-assessment with educators and SPs . Another great month on Simulcast. The articles: - Drake, G. Drewek, K. “I...
03.08.2024
183 Simulcast Journal Club March 2024
Demystifying simulators, replacing live tissue training for surgery, exploring uncertainty through simulation, and writing conference abstracts. Another great month on Simulcast. The articles: - Goodwin B, Nestel D. Demystifying simulators in healthcare. International Journal of Healthcare Simulation 2024. Swain C, et al. Trauma...
02.06.2024
182 Simulcast Journal Club February 2024
Mental practice, designing and testing clinical pathways/ cognitive aids and supporting communities of practice in healthcare. Another great month on Simulcast. The articles: - Riggs, J., McGowan, M. & Hicks, C. Dream one, do one, teach one: a mental practice script for...
01.21.2024
181 Simulation Reconnect: the FOMO episode
Simulcast and Bond University hosted the Simulation Reconnect symposium at the end of November. last year. A great day of talks, networking and sharing our healthcare simulation experience. For those who could not be there (and for those looking for...
12.15.2023
180 Advances in Simulation: Recommendations for embedding simulation in health services
Welcome to another “Advances in Simulation Edition” In this episode, Jesse is (finally) back behind the mic to interview Ellie Davies and Victoria Brazil about their work and recent publication in Advances in Simulation. Davies, E., Montagu, A. & Brazil, V. Recommendations...
11.11.2023
179 Simulcast Journal Club November 2023
Teams and teamwork were the themes for our November Journal Club. In this special episode, Ben and Vic were joined by Eve Purdy to review four articles that took us on a deep dive into team science, team training using...
10.10.2023
178 Simulcast Journal Club October 2023
AI and Chat GPT in simulation and in publishing, helping babies breathe (and live) through simulation training and another take n the ‘safe not soft’ discussion - four more excellent articles for Ben and Vic to discuss this month. Links here. Rodgers,...
09.08.2023
177 Simulcast Journal Club September 2023
Death of the simulator, co-regulated learning, simulation-enabled building redesign, and writing better (or not) with Chat GPT - four more excellent articles for Ben and Vic to discuss this month. Links here. Rajendran G, et al. (August 10, 2023) The Effect of...
08.09.2023
176 Simulcast Journal Club August 2023
Virtual and older SPs, transformative simulation, and psychological safety - four more excellent articles for Ben and Vic to discuss this month. Links here. Weldon et al. Transformative forms of simulation in health care – the seven simulation-based ‘I’s: a concept taxonomy...
07.21.2023
175 Simulation for Social Integration
We talk a lot about sim for education or quality improvement, but less about how it can connect us as people. In this episode Ben and Eve talk to Drs Sam Smith and Vicky Tallentire, the lead authors of a...
07.07.2023
174 Simulcast Journal Club July 2023
Four more excellent articles for Ben and Vic to discuss this month. Speaking up (or listening down?), transformational debriefing, is deliberate practice really better than self guided practice, and the perils of ‘god-terms’. Links here. Barlow et al. Understanding observed receiver strategies...
06.14.2023
173 Interprofessional Education in Healthcare Simulation with Dr Karen Dickinson
What do we really mean by ‘IPE’? And how can we design and deliver simulations for IPE outcomes? In this episode, Vic speaks with Dr Karen Dickinson about her work in IPE at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in...
06.04.2023
172 Simulcast Journal Club June 2023
Ben and Vic talk about four articles from the healthcare simulation literature, on diverse topics: psychological safety, cognitive load measurement, roles for maternity emergencies, and reflective pauses to optimise learning Links here Bahr, N., Ivankovic, J., Meckler, G. et al. Measuring cognitively...
05.23.2023
171 Stress Exposure Simulation. Crossover Ep ”The Emergency Mind”.
In this joint episode with The Emergency Mind podcast, Vic Brazil and Dan Dworkis talk about ‘stress exposure’ simulation/ training, and how we prepare ourselves and our teams to perform under pressure. We started with a general discussion about the...
05.05.2023
170 Simulcast Journal Club May 2023
Ben and Vic talk about four articles from the healthcare simulation literature. Practical lessons mixed with some theoretical deep dives! Links here Vemuri, Sidharth. Et al. Informing Simulation Design: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Bereaved Parents and Actors. Simulation...
04.28.2023
169 What’s Your Listening Style?
Training to listen effectively is a powerful skill that can transform our conversations in healthcare simulation, clinical work and even our home lives. In this episode Vic interviews Rebecca Minehart, Ben Symon and Laura Rock on their Harvard Business Review...
04.03.2023
168 Simulcast Journal Club April 2023
Ben and Vic talk about four articles from the healthcare simulation literature. This month we had a focus on simulation debriefing and on simulation design and delivery to optimise transfer to practice. Links here (all open access) Kaba et al. Entrustable Professional...
04.03.2023
167 Advances in Simulation: Longitudinal prebriefing for successful in situ simulation
In our latest Advances in Sim collaborative episode, we talk about how to establish and sustain in situ simulation (ISS) programs on health services. Ben and Vic were joined by Susan Eller who is lead author on an important article...
02.26.2023
166 Simulcast Journal Club March 2023
More interesting work from the healthcare simulation community this month. Christensen, M.D., Østergaard, D., Stagelund, S. et al. Embracing multiple stakeholders’ perspectives in defining competent simulation facilitators’ characteristics and educational behaviours: a qualitative study from Denmark, Korea, and Australia. Adv Simul...
02.01.2023
165 Simulcast Journal Club February 2023
More interesting work from the healthcare simulation community this month. Preiksaitis CM, Lee MO, Schertzer K. Creating a Safe Space for Simulation: Is it Time to Stop Calling Them Confederates? Simul Healthc. 2022 Nov 28. Paul O’Connor, Emily O’Dowd, Sinéad Lydon, Dara...
01.23.2023
164 Decoding the ‘Black Box’ of Debriefing with Michaela Kolbe
Healthcare debriefings have been primarily informed by theories and expert opinions but in this episode Ben explores with Michaela Kolbe how her team took on the remarkable endeavour to code over 18,000 debriefing micro-events from 50 simulation debriefings to uncover...
12.23.2022
163 Simulcast Journal Club December 2022
Ben and Vic round out the Simulcast Journal club year with 4 articles. Listed here with links to the full text versions. Vadla, M.S., Moshiro, R., Mdoe, P. et al. Newborn resuscitation simulation training and changes in clinical performance and perinatal...
11.27.2022
162 Advances in Simulation: Exploring Hierarchy Through ”Sociological Fidelity”
Hierarchy is pervasive in healthcare, and current strategies to train providers to ‘speak up’ are not enough to overcome the intense challenges that hierarchy creates. In this episode, Vic talks with Taryn Taylor and Adam Garber about their recent articles...
11.05.2022
161 Simulcast Journal Club November 2022
More interesting work in healthcare simulation this month, including some from our friends and colleagues. Before that… A final reminder to register for Sim Reconnect ! – a 1 day seminar at Bond University on the Gold Coast. And – if you’re...
10.04.2022
160 Simulcast Journal Club October 2022
Great articles this month, including some from our friends and colleagues. Before that… A reminder to register for Sim Reconnect ! – a 1 day seminar at Bond University on the Gold Coast. And – if you’re working in translational or systems...
08.23.2022
159 Simulcast Journal Club August 2022
The August Journal Club is here, with Ben and Vic talking about 4 papers relevant to our simulation practice. How do simulation fellows learn some ‘tech skills’? Ahmed et all help us out with Development of a simulation technical competence...
08.01.2022
158 Methodological Innovations in Healthcare Simulation Research
“How can we push the boundaries of healthcare simulation research, leading to new insights and innovations?” Advances in Simulation has announced a new thematic series. Methodological Innovations in Healthcare Simulation Research is “seeking manuscripts that challenge our collective thinking about how...
07.20.2022
157 Simulcast Self Development Modules
Ben and Vic offer a short discussion about the self development modules created by a global team of simulation fellows. Ben explains his motivation in leading the project, and explains how simulation practitioners can use the modules for their own...
07.13.2022
156 Simulcast Journal Club July 2022
Ben and Vic were back for the July Simulcast Journal Club, with four interesting articles. Imposters was our first topic – and the prevalence of imposter syndrome among simulation faculty. (and take the chance to look at the IJOHS while you’re...
06.21.2022
155 Advances in Simulation: Data Informed Debriefing with Andrew Coggins
Most of us would like to improve our simulation debriefing skills, but data informed feedback on our debriefing performance is hard to find. Maybe Andrew Coggins and colleagues are helping us change all that? Maybe there are metrics and measures...
05.08.2022
154 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast May 2022
Who is @sim_brick on Twitter? Vic, Ben and Jess discuss the big issues on the May Simulcast Journal Club. We started on a more serious note – and discussed articles on working with simulated patients to assess the quality of healthcare, and...
04.27.2022
153 Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education
Disclaimer: We discuss a commercially available product in this episode. Simulcast nor any of the team received any incentive, financial or otherwise, for hosting, recording or producing this episode and were not influenced in the questions selected. I was thrilled to...
04.06.2022
152 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast April 2022
Deception was one theme in our Simulcast Journal Club for April. We started with a conceptual paper discussing ‘positive’ deception in simulation, and considering the relationship between deception and fidelity in our simulation design. We followed with an RCT on...
03.09.2022
151 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast March 2022
Simulcast Journal Club March 2022 Ben and Vic talk through 4 papers this month; Ethical considerations when conducting active short simulations in healthcare, computer modelling simulations for COVID public health policy, professional identity formation during a neonatology boot camp (with clarification...
03.02.2022
150 Advances in Simulation: Lifting the lid on the ‘safe container’ of healthcare simulation
Vic speaks with Eve Purdy about their recent paper in Advances in Simulation - Taking simulation out of its “safe container”—exploring the bidirectional impacts of psychological safety and simulation in an emergency department. We talk about the shared experience of...
02.03.2022
149 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast February 2022
Calling for help by junior medical staff is frequently a focus of healthcare simulation activities, but our first paper highlights how the impact is perhaps more complex than we have previously realised, and there is real risk of harm. We then looked at a...
01.28.2022
148 Advances in Simulation: Emotions in Simulation-Based Education: Friends or Foes of Learning?
Simulation based education involves thinking, but also feeling. Emotions are pervasive and powerful, and they impact on performance and learning – in both healthcare simulation and of course in the real world. In this episode we talk with Vicki LeBlanc and Glenn Posner about the research on emotions, cognitive processes and learning,...
01.21.2022
147 Advances in Simulation: Walking in their shoes
Simulation can provide an opportunity to experience life/ experiences other than our own, and this can include experience of ill health – diseases, conditions and treatments. Hot off the press from Advances in Simulation, Walking in the shoes of our patients is a scoping review in which the authors sought to understand the ways...
01.07.2022
146 Simulcast Journal Club New Year’s Edition 2022 Vic & Jesse
Simulcast Journal Club New Year’s Edition 2022 Vic & Jesse Jesse was unable to join the rest of the Simulcast Team Christmas Edition so this is the consolation prize ep!! In this podcast Vic and Jesse discuss 2 publications from 2021. Paper...
12.22.2021
145 Simulcast Holiday Edition 2021
Ben, Vic and Jess offer a bumper holiday episode for your healthcare simulation listening enjoyment. Transformative faculty development, suspension of disbelief in simulation, emotional activation for observers and participants, SPs or SPs – what’s in a name?, a taxonomy of non-technical skills, and lessons from the Fat Duck ……. Thanks to those who...
12.09.2021
144 Advances in Simulation: Plus-Delta Debrieifng
Ben talks about ‘Plus Delta’ debriefing with lead authors of 2 recent papers on the topic both published in Advances in Simulation. Adam Cheng starts the conversation talking about Embracing informed learner self-assessment during debriefing: the art of plus-delta, and giving us plenty of reasons...
11.29.2021
143 Advances in Simulation: ONE-Sim in Southern India
Atul Malhotra and Arunaz Kumar joined Vic to speak about their work delivering obstetric and neonatal simulation workshops in India, and their recent article in Advances in Simulation. We talked about ONE-Sim – Obstetric Neonatal Emergency Simulation - workshops conducted in LMIC, Australia, and online. Atul and Arunaz have reflected on the process and outcomes in the paper, and we talked...
11.22.2021
142 Safety-II and Simulation with Carl Horsley
Carl Horsley is an intensivist from Middlemore hospital in New Zealand who talks with Vic about Safety II principles and practice, and new ways that simulation can be interwoven into our work for safer outcomes. He explains that team development is a ‘long game’ and gives...
11.20.2021
141Journal Club Podcast November 2021
Is rapid cycle deliberate practice a better way to train for paediatric cardiac arrest? How can simulation and ‘institutional ethnography’ be used to explore ‘latent social threats’ in healthcare? Ben and Vic discuss these papers in our November journal club, as well as an amazing technical...
11.09.2021
140 Moulage with Jess Stokes-Parish
Jess and Vic talk about the topic of moulage - a French word meaning "to mould", but more commonly known as the use of special effects makeup techniques to replicate illness and effects. Jess talks about her PhD journey and...
10.28.2021
139 Safety-II, Drugs and Design Sprints in Intensive Care
In this episode Vic and Jesse have a long overdue on air catch and talk through a human centred design project to improve medication safety in the Intensive Care Unit that Jesse has being working through in his day job....
10.16.2021
138 Journal Club Podcast October 2021
Ben and Vic kicked off this episode talking about some upcoming healthcare simulation events – NYSIM Hot topics virtual symposium October 22nd (USA) , The ASPIH ‘Moving Upstream’ conference 8th – 10th November (UK), and the RCPSC 2021 Simulation Summit, November 4th and 5th (Canada) We gave some shout outs to friends...
10.12.2021
137 New Journal - International Journal of Healthcare Simulation
There is a new journal on the block. The International Journal of Healthcare Simulation – Advances in Theory and Practice is led by Editor in Chief Debra Nestel AM and “provides a forum to share scholarly practice for advances in simulation across diverse applications in health and social...
09.27.2021
136 Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Simulation
Equity, diversity and inclusion in healthcare simulation – reflecting on our values, beliefs and actions Many in the simulation community are thinking about the ways we might work on equity, diversity and inclusion through healthcare simulation. We are tempted to try...
09.24.2021
135 Journal Club Podcast September 2021
We recorded the September Journal Club during Healthcare Simulation Week – a chance to reflect on the amazing work of the healthcare simulation community. Our first paper showcased the work of the STEPs (Simulation To Enhance Patient Safety) team at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth. Rory Trawber et...

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Simulcast episodes:

184 - Simulcast Journal Club April 2024

183 Simulcast Journal Club March 2024

182 Simulcast Journal Club February 2024

181 Simulation Reconnect: the FOMO episode

180 Advances in Simulation: Recommendations for embedding simulation in health services

179 Simulcast Journal Club November 2023

178 Simulcast Journal Club October 2023

177 Simulcast Journal Club September 2023

176 Simulcast Journal Club August 2023

175 Simulation for Social Integration

174 Simulcast Journal Club July 2023

173 Interprofessional Education in Healthcare Simulation with Dr Karen Dickinson

172 Simulcast Journal Club June 2023

171 Stress Exposure Simulation. Crossover Ep ”The Emergency Mind”.

170 Simulcast Journal Club May 2023

169 What’s Your Listening Style?

168 Simulcast Journal Club April 2023

167 Advances in Simulation: Longitudinal prebriefing for successful in situ simulation

166 Simulcast Journal Club March 2023

165 Simulcast Journal Club February 2023

164 Decoding the ‘Black Box’ of Debriefing with Michaela Kolbe

163 Simulcast Journal Club December 2022

162 Advances in Simulation: Exploring Hierarchy Through ”Sociological Fidelity”

161 Simulcast Journal Club November 2022

160 Simulcast Journal Club October 2022

159 Simulcast Journal Club August 2022

158 Methodological Innovations in Healthcare Simulation Research

157 Simulcast Self Development Modules

156 Simulcast Journal Club July 2022

155 Advances in Simulation: Data Informed Debriefing with Andrew Coggins

154 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast May 2022

153 Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education

152 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast April 2022

151 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast March 2022

150 Advances in Simulation: Lifting the lid on the ‘safe container’ of healthcare simulation

149 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast February 2022

148 Advances in Simulation: Emotions in Simulation-Based Education: Friends or Foes of Learning?

147 Advances in Simulation: Walking in their shoes

146 Simulcast Journal Club New Year’s Edition 2022 Vic & Jesse

145 Simulcast Holiday Edition 2021

144 Advances in Simulation: Plus-Delta Debrieifng

143 Advances in Simulation: ONE-Sim in Southern India

142 Safety-II and Simulation with Carl Horsley

141Journal Club Podcast November 2021

140 Moulage with Jess Stokes-Parish

139 Safety-II, Drugs and Design Sprints in Intensive Care

138 Journal Club Podcast October 2021

137 New Journal - International Journal of Healthcare Simulation

136 Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Simulation

135 Journal Club Podcast September 2021