“CHANGE IN ONE DAY?”: On this week’s DJ Simulationistas, Dan & Janice are joined by Dr. Susan Farrell to discuss the MGH IHP Leading Across Professions conference, and whether it’s possible for a one-day event to generate real change for its participants. Also: empowering leadership qualities, uncovering assumptions about organizations, and fighting about sports. Enjoy!

VULNERABILITY IN DIFFICULT DEBRIEFINGS: Janice returns from a difficult conversations workshop with a new tool for assessing your contributions to negative emotions in the debriefing room. Also: teaching previewing with vulnerability, vulnerability vs. credibility, and how to apply vulnerability in algorithmic and IPE debriefings. Enjoy!

THE MAGIC OF NEW TOYS: On this week's DJ Simulationistas, Dan & Janice investigate whether fancy new toys make your simulations better. Also: PhD student "nesting", getting psyched for sim, the power of habit, and Roger Federer's beard. Enjoy!

LOW RESOURCE SIMULATION: In this week's DJ Simulationistas, Janice returns from leading sim-based classes in Guatemala with advice on running simulations without all the technology. Also: the effect of sim vendors on creativity, adjusting your scenarios to more locally common medical events, and a game of debriefing "Would You Rather?" Enjoy!

LOW-HANGING RESEARCH FRUIT: In this week's DJ Simulationistas, Dan & Janice take the true measure of what it means to do research. Also: How to maintain your study's sanctity, reflective medical ethics, getting your project off the ground, and getting the right help from the statistics wonks. Enjoy!

In this week's DJ Simulationistas, Dan & Janice take on tribalism and backstabbing behavior in clinical care after experiencing it from the patient side. Also: Dan makes a med student cry, barriers to speaking up for patients, and taking comfort from the complaints of hospital workers. Enjoy!

This week on DJ Simulationistas: Janice informs Dan of the "Dan Raemer rule" at CMS, Dan gets imposter syndrome, and both DJs discover a revealing truth about their public speaking practice. Also: how to use experiential learning to get your listeners involved; the talk topics that people get the most from; and attempting to live out childhood dreams as an adult. Enjoy!

This week on DJ Simulationistas: what is the value of teamwork and staff cohesion? When will you see returns on time you invest in building a team? Also: setting records for incompetence at CMS, the most chaotic scenario ever, and turning around a negative relationship through coaching. Enjoy!

In this week's episode of DJ Simulationistas: Dan & Janice debrief the IMSH conference and explore what inspires and energizes them to work harder in the coming year. Also: how to pick up your energy when your learners are flat, attention-seeking behaviors in debriefing, and the value of pure positive reinforcement for your learners. Enjoy!

This week on DJ Simulationistas: A split-second decision needs to get made in the ER. Two people have different ideas. How do you make a decision? An incident with Janice's daughter forced Dan & Janice to consider the problem of "certainty." Enjoy!