Join us for the June edition of the Simulcast Journal Club, hosted by Vic Brazil and Ben Symon. In this episode: Embedded participants in simulation, publishing study protocols, improving research study enrolment through simulation, and improving sustainability in simulation (and in healthcare. (Oh and Ben has started a Taryn Taylor fan club….)
The papers
Paguio JT, Tieu M, Davies EL. Functions and roles of embedded participants in health simulation – an exploratory qualitative observational study protocol. J Healthc Simul. 2025 Apr 28.
Walker S, Purdy E, Houghton H, Dace W, Brazil V. Navigating professional identities: nursing faculty as embedded simulation participants in medical student simulations. Adv Simul. 2025;10(28).
Fatovich DM, Carey S, Iliff J, Jowitt T, Weber DG, Vance JS. Integrating research practice into resuscitation simulation training improves recruitment into complex clinical trials. Emerg Med Australas. 2025;37:e70064.
Mitchell K, Canham R, Hughes K, Tallentire VR. Simulation-based education and sustainability: creating a bridge to action. Adv Simul. 2025;10(27).
Another great month on Simulcast.
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205 Simulcast Journal Club May 2025
Join us for the May edition of the Simulcast Journal Club, hosted by Vic Brazil and Ben Symon. In this episode: Cracking the debriefing approach for embracing complexity adaptive systems, psychological safety as gardening, ethical AI in academic writing, and medical students practising IV cannulas on each other…
The papers
Amorøe TN et al. Resilience-focused debriefing: addressing complexity in interprofessional simulation-based education—a design-based research study. Adv Simul. 2025; 10:25.
Nestel D, et al. ‘Tending’ the ‘garden’ of psychological safety in simulation-based education. J Healthc Simul. 2025 Apr 21.
Cheng A, et al. Artificial intelligence-assisted academic writing: recommendations for ethical use. Adv Simul. 2025;10:22.
Kiernan R, et al. Medical students' preferences on practicing intravenous insertion on each other and via simulation. Simul Healthc. 2025 Apr;20(2):129–135.
Another great month on Simulcast.
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204 Advanced Performance: Simulation for designing better healthcare
Ever wondered if we should have tested the new hospital space before moving in? Thinking that new piece of equipment won’t work for your current workflow? Want to implement a new checklist but not sure if it will work?
In this episode Vic and Ben speak with Andrew Petrosoniak and Christopher Hicks from Advanced Performance. Chris and Petro are both emergency physicians who have built an impressive repertoire of using simulation to explore and improve performance of team, systems and spaces in healthcare.
Our conversation is wide ranging, offering perspectives on why this use of simulation is still relatively limited, as well as how the processes for this technique are evolving.
We talked about design thinking and simulation, the use of framework analysis, the Macleamy curve, and the concepts of ROI for this work.
Ben shared his favourite book on design principles. We referred to some other excellent podcasts including Paul Phrampus talking about connecting with hospital executives on One Million Lives, and our own episode of Simulcast discussing Nora Colman’s paper saving $90 million testing a hospital before it was built.
Lots more on the Advanced Performance website.
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203 Simulcast Journal Club April 2025
Join us for the April edition of the Simulcast Journal Club, hosted by Vic Brazil and Ben Symon, In this episode: Self-led debriefings, measuring team cognition, simulation as a basic computational mechanism in the brain, and picto-dictionaries.
The papers
Kumar P, Harrison NM, McAleer K, Khan I, Somerville SG. Exploring the role of self-led debriefings within simulation-based education: time to challenge the status quo?. Adv Simul. 2025;10(9).
Evans JC, Evans MB, Lingard L. Team cognition in healthcare simulation: a framework for deliberate measurement. Adv Simul. 2025;10(12).
Barsalou LW. Simulation, situated conceptualization, and prediction. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009;364(1521):1281–89.
Kou M, Sanseau E, Kardong-Edgren S, von Hauff P, Ramachandra G, Walsh B, et al. Enhancing simulation-based healthcare education and research reporting using pictograms: does a picture paint a thousand words? Commentary from the International Distance Simulation Summit Pictogram Track. J Healthc Simul. 2025 Apr 14.
Another great month on Simulcast.
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202 Safer Births NEJM with Hege Ersdal and Benjamin Kamala
Welcome to Simulcast! In this special episode, Victoria Brazil is joined by Hege Ersdal and Benjamin Kamala, the joint first authors of a ground-breaking study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Their program aimed to reduce birth-related mortality in Tanzania, with spectacular success. The Safer Births Bundle integrated key elements: innovative simulation training, data-driven quality improvements, advanced clinical devices, and international collaboration and local empowerment. Neonatal mortality was reduced by 40 % and maternal deaths reduced by 75%. Congratulations to all involved.
The article:
Kamala BA, Ersdal HL, Moshiro RD, Guga G, Dalen I, Kvaløy JT, Bundala FA, Makuwani A, Kapologwe NA, Mfaume RS, Mduma ER, Mdoe P; Safer Births Bundle of Care Study Group. Outcomes of a Program to Reduce Birth-Related Mortality in Tanzania. N Engl J Med. 2025 Mar 13;392(11):1100-1110. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2406295.
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