A podcast about the future of healthcare simulation as argued, debated and discussed by leading voices, pioneers and experts in the field. Hosted by Amar Patel, DHSc, MS, NRP, CHSE, FSSH, Chief Learning Officer of CAE Healthcare, former hospital simulation center and innovations executive director, researcher, lifelong emergency services educator, firefighter and paramedic. Simulation Debrief is brought to you by CAE Healthcare, a provider of simulation training solutions worldwide focused on making healthcare safer.
David Shablak, simulation operations specialist at Orbis Education and co-host of the SimGeeks podcast, shares his experiences at IMSH 2022 with host Dr. Amar Patel. From sim court to SimGeeks, you'll get a chance to hear about simulation from a whole new perspective!Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidshablak/https://simgeekspodcast.podbean.com/
Jennifer Manos, executive director for the Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), and Andrew Spain, associate executive director for SSH, talk with host Dr. Amar Patel about simulation, accreditation, certification, standardization and more.https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-manos-34452438/https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewespain/https://www.ssih.org/
We're back at IMSH 2022 with Dr. Pamela Jeffries, dean of the Vanderbilt School of Nursing, as she discusses the future of nursing education with host Dr. Amar Patel. Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/pam-jeffries/https://nursing.vanderbilt.edu/
Will Belk, clinical education manager at Air Methods, and Stacy Wicinski, program manager at CAE Healthcare, talk with host Dr. Amar Patel during IMSH 2022. Competition gurus for CCMTC and AMTC, our guest duo shares that there is a fine line between competition and collaboration. Trade stress for fun to discover the ultimate goal of any simulation competition.Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-b-belk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-wicinski-rn-ba-chse-cen-cmte-emt-728617179/https://cctmc.net/https://aams.org/page/Elevate2022
SSH Presidents Juli Maxworthy and Haru Okuda connect with host Dr. Amar Patel during IMSH 2022 to reflect on what a difference a year (or two) makes. Whether virtual, on-site or hybrid, a new paradigm is at work and here to stay: removing barriers, be they geographic, financial, legislative or technicalLinks:https://www.linkedin.com/in/juli-maxworthy-dnp-phd-c-msn-mba-rn-fnap-fssh-629a042/https://www.linkedin.com/in/haruokuda/Membership Benefits (ssih.org)Defining Excellence in Simulationhttps://healthcare-superteams.simplecast.com/
Host Amar Patel, CAE's chief learning officer for Healthcare, talks with Jeff Evans, Healthcare's vice president of global sales and customer excellence, about CAE's vision for the post-pandemic future of healthcare simulation. The approach combines digital with data to create a customized student-centric learning solution.
We're coming to you from IMSH 2022! In this episode, Jennifer McCarthy, director of clinical simulation for Seton Hall University and the founder of 579, joins host Amar Patel to review the opening plenary session. Together, they discuss the importance of simulation in reducing risks and creating a culture of safety. Also stay tuned for a surprise guest (or two)!
Join Dr. Amar Patel for this candid conversation with Scott Osborne, a gender equity advocate, teacher, lawyer and writer, as they discuss violence, the pandemic's role in intensifying it and the secondary ramifications that result when safety is an issue. An experienced non-profit manager, Scott is the president of UN Women USA Gulf Coast, chair of the Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival, and an author writing a book about women in India. She speaks regularly on global gender issues.To learn more, please visit www.elizabethscottosborne.com.
Chief Learning Officer Amar Patel has a candid conversation with Tiffany Mendelson, a trained triathlete, award-winning sales veteran, and health and lifestyle coach. Tune in to hear Tiffany's tips for slowing down, taking a breath and becoming more mindful. A change agent, Tiffany believes that in order to perform well both personally and professionally, we must understand that our mental and physical health are inextricably linked.You can explore Tiffany's work at Lifestyle Coaching | Tiffany Mendelson Coaching | Houston Texas
Host Dr. Amar Patel, CAE Chief Learning Officer, talks with Monique Corbeil, Executive Director of ESPA Montreal, about the ability of simulation to guarantee learners experience specific healthcare situations and scenarios they otherwise might not. “When you have students in a clinical setting, they may see a clinical situation that's rare and very severe. If they're lucky enough to see it, chances are they're not going to be allowed to act in it, because the risk to the patient is too high. So they'll basically just witness what professionals are doing, which is not the best way to learn; nothing comparable to the impact of simulation. If you have people interacting in the recreated environment, in the simulation setting and then they can reflect on what they did right or wrong, what they will have learned is much more powerful than just having observed people do it.” Welcome - ESPA Montréal (espamontreal.ca)CAE Center of Excellence
Join Dr. Amar Patel, CAE Chief Learning Officer, and Monique Corbeil, Executive Director of ESPA Montreal, as they discuss diversity in simulation, from broadening the scenarios to introducing different languages. Welcome - ESPA Montréal (espamontreal.ca)iRIS Health Simulation Authoring Platform | CAE HealthcareWatch the Webinar - CAE Healthcare
In this episode of CAE Radio, CAE Chief Learning Officer Dr. Amar Patel has a riveting and far-reaching conversation with Dr. Christine Park, CAE Senior Medical Advisor and Director of the Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute at the University of Illinois. Listen as they share their thoughts on using data to drive simulation-based assessments. And then learn how data can drive standardization in simulation and, in turn, change both training and clinical outcomes. Christine Park MD | Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute | Chicago Medicine (uic.edu)
Join Dr. Amar Patel, Chief Learning Officer at CAE Healthcare, and Jennifer McCarthy, Director of Clinical Simulation for Seton Hall University and president of 579 Solutions, on a journey toward better clinical outcomes through simulation. “We can see clinicians really practicing in an environment that is safe to error and safe to transform, where they're not doing the procedure for the first time on a live patient.”Profile Jennifer McCarthy - Seton Hall University (shu.edu)Who We Are (579solutions.com)
Meet Dr. Michael J. Kremer, founder and co-director of the Rush Center for Clinical Skills & Simulation, and discover how this Chicago-based CAE Center of Excellence leveraged teamwork and CAE LearningSpace to provide 70,000 hours of high-fidelity simulation throughout the pandemic.LearningSpace Audiovisual Center Management Video Recording System | CAE HealthcareRush Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation | Academic Affairs | Rush UniversityMichael J. Kremer, PhD, CRNA, CHSE, FNAP, FAAN | Faculty | Rush University
Join Dr. Amar Patel, CAE Healthcare's Chief Learning Officer, and Kerri Oshust, Director of the Simulation Centre at the National Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), as they kick off Healthcare Simulation Week 2021. Listen as this dynamic duo discusses the importance of simulation to ensuring students are work-ready when they complete their studies and how this CAE Center of Excellence continued to provide essential training throughout the pandemic.About NAIT - NAIT(12) Kerri Oshust | LinkedIn
Dr. Amar Patel, Chief Learning Officer, returns to the airwaves with an exploration of education, simulation and artificial intelligence in healthcare. Join him as he looks back on the pandemic and offers a preview of what's to come on this long-awaited, much-anticipated and extremely overdue return to Simulation Debrief, just in time to mark Healthcare Simulation Week 2021. We're glad you're here!
Amar Patel speaks to Jared Kutzin, DNP, MS, MPH, RN, FSSH Director of the Emergency Medicine Simulation Teaching and Research Center (STAR) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) on the ways he has adapted training for students, residents, attending physicians, and nurses during the 2020 pandemic. Jared shares how they have moved away from an in-class education to a digital ecosystem, creating an even more direct, efficient, and innovative approach to education. Learn more about the STAR Center
Amar Patel speaks to Khurram Jamil, president of Area9 Group and CAE Healthcare partner in developing an adaptive learning ventilator reskilling program that has allowed clinicians to quickly gain proficiency while addressing unconscious gaps in knowledge and competency. https://www.caehealthcare.com/adaptive
In a week during which Amar Patel copes with the loss of two medical colleagues to COVID-19, he reflects on what we’ve learned this year through our podcast conversations, the new educational landscape, staying safe and healthy, and our call to drive innovation in simulation going forward.
Amar Patel and CAE Healthcare legal counsel Jennifer Jula reconnect in person to enjoy much-missed office banter, riffing on RBG and gender equality, best albums of the summer, Hamilton, what they miss the most during the pandemic.
Amar Patel catches up with four physicians who invented a portable negative pressure contagion tent to protect healthcare providers as they perform aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs), such as intubation, on COVID-19 patients. Doctors Jared Staab, Jay Nachtigal and Tim Krause from University of Kansas Health System Medical and Dr. Brent Barta of Bryan Health in Lincoln, Nebraska are awaiting FDA Emergency Use Authorization for a device they believe could be used worldwide. Watch a short video to see how the tent will protect healthcare providers.
Dr. Christine Park, Anesthesiologist and Director of the Simulation And Integrative Learning Institute (SAIL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine, speaks with Amar Patel about Standardized Patient training and safety considerations during the pandemic, when it makes sense to simulate a patient death, and how to facilitate those difficult conversations.
Having returned from his summer travels, Amar Patel reflects on his family, schooling during the pandemic, on his move to Florida from North Carolina, his journey from EMS and Fire Services to academia, from a healthcare system to industry, and what he is most proud of within his simulation and healthcare communities.
This week, Amar Patel speaks to two simulation educators who were faced with quickly training nurses, residents, medical students, and other healthcare professionals to care for COVID-19 patients without the benefit of in-person simulation center resources. Atrium Health’s Dawn Swiderski, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CHSE, FSSH and Jennifer Noble, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CEN, CHSE of Carolinas Simulation Center share their methods and lessons learned. Jennifer Noble https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-noble-983438100/ Dawn Swiderski https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-swiderski-71aa9364/
Amar Patel speaks to Jennifer McCarthy, a leading paramedic and EMS educator, about mindfulness in EMS practice, overcoming hidden bias in teaching and scripting scenarios, and the importance of breaking bread to promote cultural understanding. Jennifer is also Director of Clinical Simulation at Seton Hall University and Founder and President of 579 Solutions. Learn more about 579 Solutions at www.579solutions.com
In each educational encounter, the culture of the individual, instructor, group, institution and the patient scenario all play a role. In this podcast, Amar Patel reconnects with Janice Palaganas, PhD, RN, NP, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH, who completed a study on cultural considerations in debriefing with Drs. Kim Leighton and Albert Chan and shares some of their initial findings. She is Chief Executive Officer of The Institute for Interprofessional Innovations, Associate Director of Healthcare Professions Education at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, where they have launched the first PhD in Health Professions Education with a focus on Simulation and another in Interprofessional Education. She also is Principal Faculty at the Center for Medical Simulation and faculty for Harvard Medical School.
To view the video version of this podcast episode, click here. A thought leadership discussion among CAE’s leading experts as they look to the future and the evolution of training beyond COVID-19. Hear from CAE’s leaders as they share perspectives on the future of training and discuss topics such as virtual classrooms, self- paced and adaptive learning, distributed mission training, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Hosted by Hélène Gagnon, Vice-President, Public Affairs & Global Communications, CAE Guests: Joe Armstrong, Vice President of Global Business Operations, Products and Solutions, CAE D&S Amar Patel, Chief Learning Officer, CAE Healthcare Christopher Ranganathan, Chief Learning Officer, CAE Civil Aviation Training Solutions
2020 is the WHO Year of the Nurse, and nurses have never been more vital or more appreciated. In this interview, Amar Patel speaks to Cynthia Foronda, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, President of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) and Robert Armstrong, President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) about their new virtual learning collaboration. Read the INACSL and SSH Position Statement on the use of virtual simulation to replace clinical hours for students enrolled in health sciences professions The INACSL Virtual Conference 2020 kicks off June 24, 2020 Visit www.inacsl.org and www.ssih.org to learn more.
How did a simulation company focused on training pivot to designing, building and shipping more than 10,000 patient ventilators to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic? This week, Amar Patel interviews CAE Healthcare Engineering Director Erick Fortin and Project Manager Mona Safadi to gain an inside perspective on the journey. Read about the CAE Air1 ventilator press announcement Watch the video of how the CAE Air1 was made Watch the Global News story
In Episode 11, Amar Patel speaks to Dr. Derek Monette, Emergency Medicine Physician and Medical Education Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Monette has developed a debriefing program for ER clinicians to help them prepare for the emotional and ethical challenges around COVID-19 care. Learn more about Dr. Monette’s work at https://learn.partners.org/source/covid-19/emergency-medicine-topics. Follow him @DerekMonetteMD. Find more resources for Emergency Medicine educators at aliem.com.
Amar Patel speaks to Dr. Richard Friedland, DPM, a surgeon, early adopter with 15 years of experience in simulation and board member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare about AR vs VR, how learners move from competence to confidence, and redefining simulation from “one size fits all” to custom learning experiences. https://www.ssih.org/
Episode 9 of Simulation Debrief features Charles “Chuck” Pozner, MD, a simulation pioneer and Executive Director of the STRATUS Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, one of the most prominent hospital-based simulation centers in the U.S. Dr. Ponzer offers sage advice on the importance of a team vision and mission, overcoming fears and the mandate of leaders today. “If you don’t lower the barriers to simulation, people will not use your sim center. Every single simulation you do needs to hit the spot.” Dr. Charles Pozner STRATUS stands for Simulation, Training, Research and Technology Utilization System. To learn more about the STRATUS Center, visit https://www.brighamandwomens.org/emergency-medicine/stratus/about-stratus-center or send an email to cpozner@bwh.harvard.edu.
In Episode 8, Amar Patel interviews Andrew Spain, MA, EMT-P, who is Director of Certification for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). While certification and accreditation can seem daunting, over 2,500 simulation professionals from 39 countries have achieved designation as Certified Healthcare Simulation Educators (CHSE) and Certified Healthcare Operations Specialists (CHSOS), and 174 programs from 21 countries have achieved SSH Accreditation . Learn how you can begin your journey. Find the SSH Certification page at https://www.ssih.org/Credentialing/Certification Find the SSH Accreditation page at https://www.ssih.org/Credentialing/Accreditation
In Episode 7, Amar Patel speaks to Dan Limmer, a paramedic, police officer, EMS educator and cofounder of Limmer Education. From audio applications to gamification, EMS education is entering a new era of online and distance learning. Dan Limmer believes it will ultimately improve student interaction and decision-making. “We’re all looking for the iPhone of online education. We’re all looking for that innovation.” Read about the new training realities on the Limmer Education blog.
Earlier this year, Amar Patel met up with fellow podcaster Janice Palaganas, PhD, RN, NP, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH. She is Director of Educational Innovation & Development for the Center for Medical Simulation at Harvard Medical School, an Assistant Professor of Nursing, and also a co-creator of the PhD curriculum for simulation educators at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston. In a discussion that ranges from the practical to the philosophical, Janice shares her passion for interprofessional education, advocacy and embracing your hypocrisy. Listen to the DJ Simulationistas and the COVID-19 Chronicles Center for Medical Simulation podcasts
In Episode 5, Amar Patel speaks to Dr. Tara Bastek, a neonatologist, bioethicist and simulation educator with a Master’s degree in Public Health from Harvard University.Currently serving as Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee and Associate Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for WakeMed Health, Dr. Bastek offers her views on isolating with family, where to find factual information and the COVID-19 impact on society and healthcare. “I myself ended up as a person of interest. I was in a strict quarantine for 72 hours until my test results came back... wondering if I had exposed my family to this.” Dr. Tara Bastek Associate Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina
Following their augmented reality seminar at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in late January 2020, Eric Kamont, director of Mixed Reality Partnerships for Microsoft Corporation, and Amar Patel sat down to converse about new learning approaches and banter about North Carolina barbeque. “How could augmented reality possibly be here now? It blows people’s minds. The hype is finally matching the reality of where we want to go.” Eric Kamont Director of Mixed Reality Strategic Partnerships for Microsoft Corporation “Healthcare training has to become learner-centered. Skills-based acquisition needs to be individualized, and mixed reality will help accomplish that.” Amar Patel Chief Learning Officer of CAE Healthcare. http://www.hololens.com/ http://www.caehealthcare.com/hololens
Even in normal times, healthcare providers can face challenges of stress, burnout, and a strong desire to help every patient succeed and get well. In this unprecedented era for all clinicians, how can we prevent PTSD and take care of each other? CAE Healthcare Chief Learning Officer Amar Patel and Chief Medical Officer Stefan Monk offer their personal perspectives and advice. “Healthcare professionals function for a long time, even if they are suffering. They probably function until they reach a breaking point.” Dr. Stefan Monk Chief Medical Officer of CAE Healthcare
Amar Patel and Stefan Monk, Chief Medical Officer for CAE Healthcare, offer advice for clinical professionals currently in the workforce and those who are volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic shines a spotlight on critical need for more healthcare professionals, they assert that future simulation training will need to be even more efficient. “I think there is no way back. It will be difficult to think about going back into a world before COVID 19 in almost every respect.” Dr. Stefan Monk Chief Medical Officer of CAE Healthcare