By Victoria Brazil The ‘neurosurgery resident’ had just entered the simulation. He was rude and arrogant, and oblivious to the other trauma care priorities for the patient. The emergency team continued with their intubation. Meanwhile, […]
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Simulation safety spotlight – a call for safety briefings in sim?
By Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) and Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) We’ve previously highlighted the safety risks related to healthcare simulation on the ICEnet Blog, inspired by the work of Dan Raemer and colleagues at the Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety, […]
It’s not like real life: Simulated patients …. more to offer than we think?
By Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) “But its not like real life… I mean, you can’t tell from the manikin what the patient really looks like…..” That’s not a real quote, but rather a synthesis of hundreds […]
Healthcare simulation – staying up to date with the ‘latest’
By Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) The translation of new knowledge to clinical practice has a significant time lag, in part due to the challenge of clinicians keeping up to date with the huge amount of clinical […]
Simulation and Patient Safety – a complex relationship?
By Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) Simulation enthusiasts cite patient safety as a key rationale for simulation based education, but few recognize or articulate the potential for simulation to cause harm – to participants, and even to […]
