Join us as Dr. Pierre Barker, recognized expert in healthcare quality, provides vital insights into the current landscape of patient safety as seen through his own personal narrative. In 1999, The US Institute of Medicine report “To Err is Human” revealed sobering data on the loss of life in the US due to medical error. This ignited a call for systematic change and prioritization of patient safety throughout US healthcare and in other countries. But where do we stand today? Dr. Pierre Barker...

Two renowned leaders in healthcare education joined us at this year’s International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH). They are Dr. Janice Palaganas and Dr. David Rodgers. Listen as we hear their perspectives on two trending topics. Dr. Palaganas shared what it will take to further advance clinical simulation as teaching method. Dr. Rodgers spoke on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to augment a simulation program’s talent and resources.    Janice Palaganas, Ph.D., holds...

Join us as Dr. Nalini Singhal shares highlights of her lifelong journey in revolutionizing neonatal care. A renowned neonatologist and co-developer of the Helping Babies Survive programs, Dr. Singhal's work has trained over a million healthcare professionals worldwide. In this episode, Dr. Singhal discusses topics relevant to all of us in simulation like peer-to-peer learning, clinical outcomes, continuous quality improvement. She also makes it clear; technology is no substitute for helping...

This year's annual European Resuscitation Council conference brought a new and potentially very impactful collaboration: The ERC and the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). Football, or Soccer, is the world's largest sport, both in terms of active players and spectators. In this special episode from the ERC conference, you will hear more about this unique opportunity for lay provider CPR training to ride on the back of organized football to increase survival from out-of-hospital...

Hear Dr. Barry Isenberg, President-elect of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), share how the next stage in the growing importance of patient simulation will be about equating the benefits of simulation to bona fide clinical results.   Dr. Issenberg is Director of the Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. In this podcast he presents an overview of some key milestones in the history of patient...

Across healthcare, assessing competency has become a major concern. And it is an awesome responsibility. Schools of nursing and schools of medicine want to ensure that their graduates are prepared to care for patients. Hospitals and other institutions want to grow and develop their staff to become even better care providers. Relying on competency as a sole measure of readiness, however, creates a challenge.  Competency is about meeting standardized levels of proficiency. It is not about...

A “learning organization” is characterized by the value it places on curiosity. Learning organizations pursue an abundance mindset looking at problems as opportunities. In this way their curiosity fosters experimentation, vision, a commitment to mission and even a natural sense of optimism and self-confidence. Other types of organizations may adopt a scarcity mindset, emphasizing command and control, restrictive problem solving, and avoidance of perceived risk. Curiosity goes untapped.   Hear...

A “learning organization” is characterized by the value it places on curiosity. Learning organizations pursue an abundance mindset looking at problems as opportunities. In this way their curiosity fosters experimentation, vision, a commitment to mission and even a natural sense of optimism and self-confidence. Other types of organizations may adopt a scarcity mindset, emphasizing command and control, restrictive problem solving, and avoidance of perceived risk. Curiosity goes untapped.   Hear...

Across healthcare, assessing competency has become a major concern. And it is an awesome responsibility. Schools of nursing and schools of medicine want to ensure that their graduates are prepared to care for patients. Hospitals and other institutions want to grow and develop their staff to become even better care providers. Relying on competency as a sole measure of readiness, however, creates a challenge.  Competency is about meeting standardized levels of proficiency. It is not about...

Competency is at the forefront of everyone’s mind in healthcare. There is barely a hospital, school of nursing, or school of medicine that is not concerned with whether their practitioners and/or soon-to-be graduates are suitably competent to deliver safe patient care. But is competency enough to assess a practitioner’s or a learner’s true readiness to fulfill their appointed role? The answer lies in first answering two questions. How much would you trust a learner to perform their role on...

If you attended this year’s meeting, the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), you know that this year’s conference focused on some pivotal shifts in how key experts are looking at patient simulation. If you didn’t attend, you should know what some of those experts said. Not only was this year’s SESAM conference one of the best attended, but it was also notably optimistic about the future of patient simulation. The agenda addressed new directions that patient...

If you are leading patient simulation efforts in hospitals, are you pursuing an education paradigm or are you pursuing what hospitals seek—a performance improvement paradigm? Education speaks a uniquely different “language” from the world of hospitals. Education focuses on imparting the knowledge and skills necessary for a nurse, doctor, or other healthcare worker to demonstrate a foundational level of competency.  Hospitals focus on translating that competency into better care quality,...

For those in Hospitals who led simulation-based training, the COVID pandemic posed a continually changing array of training priorities. Those priorities began with donning and doffing PPE but quickly evolved to managing patients in isolation, difficult airway management, respiratory therapy, and the need to deliver emergency interventions across departments that were not prepared for the new pace at which care had to be delivered.  Hear Libby Thomas, PhD, share how she and others in England’s...

An estimated 295,000 women worldwide die annually due to childbirth. And there are concerning trends in areas like the United States where maternal mortality rates are on the rise. Care under the supervision of a midwife has often been associated with better outcomes, and so the question becomes why. Hear Sally Pairman, MD, Chief Executive for the International Confederation of Midwives, share how much of the answer is rooted in how we look at birth. Birth, as she puts it, is a physiological...

The Helsinki Stroke Model confirmed that stroke patient outcomes can be improved through rapid diagnosis, treatment, and efficient transfer of patients to stroke specialists. Lives have been saved through this model and a resulting sense of esprit in the stroke care community often called the “minute spirit”.  Hear Martin Kurz, MD, a Neurologist at Stavanger University Hospital and President of the Norwegian Stroke Association, share how the minute spirit is not enough. He and his colleagues...

Healthcare institutions are now using simulation to improve systemwide performance. Learn from Victoria Brazil, MD, an emergency physician and educator at Gold Coast Health Service, Australia, how simulation can foster system-wide improvement gains which can improve patient safety and care efficiency. 

Finding the time to conduct clinical simulation in a hospital setting is a universal challenge. Listen to May Sissel Vadla, MD, a PhD fellow at the University of Stavanger, Norway, share how she helped take a birthing unit at a little-known hospital from 700 to 8,500 simulations annually while improving patient outcomes. 

Simulation-based training works. But what fundamentals in simulation make simulation effective. In this podcast, Ross Scalese, MD, a Professor of Medicine and Director at the Gordon Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, shares what makes patient simulation a success.

The Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) is a standard for assessing student performance in healthcare, but some have questioned its relevance. Listen to Ronald M. Harden, MD, OBE, often called “father of the OSCE,” as he addresses the questions and discusses the relevance of the OSCE today. 

Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care is a lifeline for newborns, especially for ill or premature babies. Yet it is often omitted in newborn protocol. Listen to Siren Rettedal, MD, a neonatologist Stavanger University Hospital, talk about how Kangaroo Mother Care saves lives and in one study it reduced mortality rates by 25%.