Yearly archives: 2024


In situ sim and latent safety threats, psychological safety ecosystems, reclaiming professional identity through simulation, and simulating Mt Everest expeditions. Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles (with links): –  Grace MA, O’Malley R. Using In Situ Simulation to Identify Latent Safety Threats in Emergency Medicine: A Systematic Review. Simul […]

194 Simulcast Journal Club October 2024


Hijacking telehealth technology for sim, Moulage tips for OSCEs, Self-Regulated Learning and cardiac murmurs, SQUIRE-Sim reporting for SimQI research.  Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles (with links): –  Godmon, A., Walker, K., & Symon, B. (2024). Hijacking telehealth technology to deliver tele-simulation: outlining the tangible and unanticipated benefits. International […]

193 Simulcast Journal Club September 2024




Training as imagined?, sim for faster stroke treatment, simulation after key events, Implementing TALK for clinical debriefing.  Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles: –  Kerins, J., Ralston, K., Stirling, S.A. et al. Training as imagined? A critical realist analysis of Scotland’s internal medicine simulation programme. Adv Simul 9, 27 […]

191 Simulcast Journal Club August 2024



Teamwork, EDI, cognitive load, stress testing the cath lab – perennial topics explored in interesting ways. Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles: –  Holgaard, R., Bruun, B., Zingenberg, F. et al. An interview study about how nurses and physicians talk about the same concepts differently. BMC Med Educ 24, […]

189 Simulcast Journal Club July 2024



Vic and Ben reflect on their time at SESAM 2024 in Prague.   We were pleased to release this episode in conjunction with Laerdal’s One Million lives podcast   SESAM is the Society for Simulation in Europe. Their vision is “improved healthcare through simulation. Enabling safe, patient-centred care delivered by a competent […]

188 Simulcast SESAM 2024 Wrap


Standards and consensus statements. Sim as ‘start-up’. Faculty development for translational simulation. Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles: –  Cristina Diaz-Navarro, Colette Laws-Chapman, Michael Moneypenny, Makani Purva. The ASPiH Standards – 2023: guiding simulation-based practice in health and care. IJOHS 2024  Diaz-Navarro, C., Armstrong, R., Charnetski, M. et al. […]

187 Simulcast Journal Club June 2024




Rating and ranking debriefers and debriefing tools. Systematic reviews in simulation. Clinical debriefing. Simulation saving stroke patients. Contributions and transformation from Taiwanese SPs. Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles: –  Guimbarda, N et al. A Comparison of 2 Debriefing Rubrics to Assess Facilitator Adherence to the PEARLS Debriefing Framework. […]

185 Simulcast Journal Club May 2024


Psychotherapy in the debrief room, Sim to improve blood transfusion systems sand safety,  exploring simulation ‘dose’ for maintenance of skills, and comparing student self-assessment with educators and SPs . Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles: –  Drake, G. Drewek, K. “I Hate Sim!”—Using Psychotherapeutic Concepts to Help Educators Attend […]

184 Simulcast Journal Club Podcast April 2024


Demystifying simulators, replacing live tissue training for surgery, exploring uncertainty through simulation, and writing conference abstracts. Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles: –  Goodwin B, Nestel D. Demystifying simulators in healthcare. International Journal of Healthcare Simulation 2024.  Swain C, et al. Trauma surgical simulation: discussing the replacement of live […]

183 Simulcast Journal Club March 2024



Mental practice, designing and testing clinical pathways/ cognitive aids and supporting communities of practice in healthcare. Another great month on Simulcast.  The articles: –  Riggs, J., McGowan, M. & Hicks, C. Dream one, do one, teach one: a mental practice script for bougie assisted cricothyrotomy. Can J Emerg Med (2023).   Marshall SD, […]

182 Simulcast Journal Club February 2024