Simulcast

210 Simulcast Journal Club August 2025: Live from ASC Adelaide

Join us for the August edition of the Simulcast Journal Club, recorded live at the Australasian Simulation Congress 2025 in Adelaide:  

Vic was joined by guest Adam Montagu , Ellen Davies and Parick Frost to discuss two papers relevant to the work being done at Adelaide Health Simulation 

Davies, E., Crawford, L., Crawford, T. et al. Capturing and cultivating the simulated patient/participant (SP) experience: a qualitative study exploring how the perspectives of SPs can inform the co-production of an orientation resource guide. Adv Simul 10, 14 (2025) 

Davies, E., Montagu, A. & Brazil, V. Recommendations for embedding simulation in health services. Adv Simul 8, 23 (2023). 

 

Some upcoming conferences and courses 

• VSA Translational SIMposium (Northern Health 17 October) https://vicsim.org/component/eventbooking/vsa-event/victorian-translational-simposium 

• Douglas Starship Simulation Advanced Workshop (Courtesy of Erin Carn-Bennett) 

• S3 conference in Singapore – Ben is speaking! 

• Taryn Taylor comes to Bond University - Primed for Insight: Simulation to explore teams and culture 

 

Another great month on Simulcast. 

Happy listening 

  

209 Advances in Simulation: Translational simulation to support a hospital move with Nathan Oliver

Moving hospitals? How can simulation help? 

In the latest of our collaborative episodes with Advances in Simulation, Vic interviews Nathan Oliver about his recent article:  

Oliver, N., Twentyman, K. & Howie, K. ‘Everybody’s voice is important’: using translational simulation as a component of change management. Adv Simul 10, 38 (2025). 

Nathan and team were asked to support the transition to a new hospital in Scotland. They took a very human centred approach, and we discussed Laura Rock’s adage to ‘not answer feelings with facts’ when considering staff anxieties about change. They drew upon Bartenuk’s work to orient their thinking about how change was experienced at the individual level, beyond simply measuring resistance or readiness. 

The simulation strategy, design, delivery and debriefing were guided by Nickson’s IPO model. 

• Nickson, C.P., Petrosoniak, A., Barwick, S. et al. Translational simulation: from description to action. Adv Simul 6, 6 (2021) 

Among many interesting elements, we reflected on the process of Systems focused debriefing, including some great work in this area by others. 

• Dubé, Mirette M. et al. PEARLS for Systems Integration: A Modified PEARLS Framework for Debriefing Systems-Focused Simulations. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 14(5):p 333-342, October 2019. 

• Colman, N., Dalpiaz, A., Walter, S. et al. SAFEE: A Debriefing Tool to Identify Latent Conditions in Simulation-based Hospital Design Testing. Adv Simul 5, 14 (2020) 

• Bentley, S.K., McNamara, S., Meguerdichian, M. et al. Debrief it all: a tool for inclusion of Safety-II. Adv Simul 6, 9 (2021) 

We discussed data strategies for translational simulation, and the challenges of generating actionable insights from translational simulation. 

One other interesting aspect was one of the data collection methods, using post it notes to capture ‘in the moment’ feelings. 

• Kolbe M, Rudolph JW. What's the headline on your mind right now? How reflection guides simulation-based faculty development in a master class. BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn. 2018 Jul 9;4(3):126-132. 

Nathan was also generous with his shout-outs to collaborators in the simulation and the scholarship of this project, including Simon Edgar, Dan Hufton, Vicky Tallentire and of course his co-authors Kathryn Twentyman and Katie Howie. Congratulations to Nathan and the team. 

Happy listening! 

208 Simulcast Journal Club July 2025

Join us for the July edition of the Simulcast Journal Club, hosted by Vic Brazil and Ben Symon. In this episode: Interprofessional Co-debriefing, AI for scenario design and for supporting sim debriefings, and some SESAM abstracts! 

Also – some upcoming conferences 

Australasian Simulation Congress (Adelaide 11-14 August) https://simaust.com/australasian-simulation-congress/ 

VSA Translational SIMposium (Northern Health 17 October) 

https://vicsim.org/component/eventbooking/vsa-event/victorian-translational-simposium 

The July papers 

Joyce LR, Meeks M, Somerville SG. Interprofessional co-debriefing in simulation—role modeling collaboration: a qualitative study. Simul Healthc. 2025;00(00):1–9.  

Hong E, et al. Exploring the use of a large language model in simulation debriefing: an observational simulation-based pilot study. Simul Healthc. 2025;00(00):1–6.  

Maaz S, et al. Prompt design and comparing large language models for healthcare simulation case scenarios. J Healthc Simul. 2025 May 12. 

 Selected Abstracts from the Annual Meeting of SESAM - the Society for Simulation in Europe, 2025. Adv Simul 10 (Suppl 1), 35 (2025). 

 

Another great month on Simulcast. 

Happy listening 

207 AMEE Simulation Committee Journal Club @025

In this special episode, Vic is joined by Rune Dall Jensen and Gabriel Reedy to preview the AMEE Simulation Committee journal club session. This is an annual event held each year at the AMEE (International Association for Health Professions Education) conference; this year in Barcelona Spain on 23rd – 27th August. 

Rune and Gabe tell us about the event, the way papers are selected, and then preview the top 4 that will be presented at the event. For AMEE 2025 registration – link here 

The papers: - 

1. Bevis Z, Nestel D, Kumar A, Gibson S, Kavanagh M, Rosado C, et al. Instruction and guidance in healthcare simulation: a scoping review. J Healthc Simul. Published online 5 Mar 2025. 
2. Behrens CC, Dolmans DH, Driessen EW, Gormley GJ. ‘Dancing with emotions’: An interpretive descriptive study of facilitators’ recognition and response to students’ emotions during simulation. Med Educ. 2025;59(4):439-448. 
3. Evans JC, Evans MB, Lingard L. Team cognition in healthcare simulation: a framework for deliberate measurement. Adv Simul (Lond). 2025;10:12. doi:10.1186/s41077-025-00333-7 
4. Drake G, Drewek K. “I Hate Sim!”—Using psychotherapeutic concepts to help educators attend to challenging states of mind during simulation prebriefs. Simul Healthc. 2024;19(6):e147-e153.  

 

Happy listening! 

vb 

206 Simulcast Journal Club June 2025

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 

1. 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. 
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. 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. 

Happy listening 

  

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. 

Happy listening 

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. 

 

Happy listening  

 

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. 

Happy listening 

  

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. 

201 Simulcast Journal Club March 2025

Join us for the March edition of the Simulcast Journal Club, hosted by Vic Brazil and Ben Symon, In this episode: Integrating electronic medical records into simulations, learning from reluctant participants in paediatric simulation training, using tabletop sandbox simulations to understand emergency department care coordination, and quality in simulated participant programs in Australia. 

The papers 

1. Wu, T., & Coggins, A. R. (2025). Low-cost electronic medical record interface for healthcare simulation. Journal of Healthcare Simulation SRSIS, 1, S9–S11. https://doi.org/10.54531/AGRS5189 

1. Hybinette, K., Praetorius, G., Ekstedt, M., & Pukk Härenstam, K. (2025). Navigating the complexity of emergency department care coordination: A qualitative exploration of adaptive strategies using a tabletop sandbox simulation. Applied Ergonomics, 125, 104466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104466 

1. Newhouse, L., & Polwart, N. (2025). What can simulation educators learn from the reluctant participant? An exploration of the factors influencing engagement amongst adult learners participating in paediatric simulation training. Advances in Simulation, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-025-00331-9 

1. Stokes-Parish, J., Bannatyne, A., Green, P., Alsaba, N., Turner, C., Marr, K., & Gough, S. (2025). Benchmarking person-centered simulated participant programs: A Delphi consensus study in an Australian context. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 99, 101683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101683 

 

Another great month on Simulcast. 

Happy listening