By: Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) The emergency medicine team were just starting their simulation – caring for an elderly man who had fallen and hit his head. As the scenario unfolds, he becomes unconscious and needs endotracheal […]
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Category: Simulation
Simulation for enculturation into trauma care: making organizational culture objectives explicit
By Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) These were the collated key messages from the simulation debrief written on a whiteboard by a consultant trauma surgeon about three weeks ago. The session was an orientation for surgical fellows […]
Working with older adult simulated patients (SPs) to deliver effective geriatric simulations
By Nemat Alsaba (@talk2nemat), Lisa Sokoloff(@BaycrestSLP1) and Cathy Smith (@csmith_toronto) As the population of older adults continues to grow globally, there is a need for simulation-based education to train healthcare professionals involved in their care. […]
Why simulation-based team training might be a bad idea……
By: Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) Healthcare teams improve if they practice in simulation, right? Simulation is considered a great way to train healthcare teams, especially in acute care settings. But simulation programs require significant faculty expertise and […]
‘Safe, not soft’ – hitting the sweet spot for simulation-based education
By Victoria Brazil(@SocraticEM) and Eve Purdy (@purdy_eve) Learners in simulation-based education are at risk. They may be deceived, judged or ‘shown up’ in front of their colleagues, and dread returning to the sim lab. But […]