Simulation Happy Hour

Jane had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Prof Adam Montagu, Director, of the Adelaide Health Simulation at Adelaide University.

This month we welcome the discussion with two midwifery academics, Associate Professor Kate Dawson and  Lynnelle Moran on the topic: It's the learning that matters - exploring student experiences of a formative- summative OSCE assessment. Their study focused on exploring feelings of anxiety and psychological safety as well as learning experience of students throughout the assessment period, including a summative OSCE assessment.

Nursing academic Dani Gardner from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney shares her project about using AI chatbots in simulation scenarios may provide the opportunity to examine the effectiveness of this approach for enhancing nursing students’ experience.Her study explored the use of AI chatbots as the ‘patient’ voice in simulation scenarios to enhance nursing students’ communication skills.An AI communication training platform was utilised in clinical lab classes, allowing students to practice communication and clinical reasoning, whilst performing practical skills. The focus was on gaining patient consent and providing reassurance before performing assessments and procedures.

The study being discussed sits within the Psychology Mechanisms and Innovations program at the Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre - ACU, and was led by Dr Elizabeth Pizarro-Campagna in collaboration with Dr Simon D’Alfonso (UniMelb), Prof John Gleeson (ACU), Dr Thomas McGuckian (ACU), Hannah Giddy (ACU Psych Hon student), and Cassandra Mount (MPsych Clin student).Apologies , Kerry had some audio issues on this episode.

Mel is joined by Robyn Dickie ( nurse, Senior Lecturer, Chair Teaching and Learning & Coordinator - Education and Innovation for the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine at ACU), and Alison Blunt (physiotherapist, lecturer  and National Lead Specialised Learning Environments and Simulation Coordination for School of Allied Health at ACU). Alison and Robyn discuss there large-scale (>2000 students) interprofessional simulation activity.Here is link to the co-debriefing paper Robyn was discussing Understanding interprofessional co-debriefing practices within large scale ward-based simulation - ScienceDirect

Mel and Kerry discuss what QSAFe is (Quality Simulation Assurance Framework) and why it is needed to support educators and learners alike.

Mel leads the quick shots session with Karyn Madden from Southern Institute of Technology NZ at the Council of Deans Nursing and Midwifery Conference - Australia and New Zealand - in Christchurch NZ.Excuse the background noise - this interview occurred at the conference dinner.And yes, her PhD supervisor is Jane Frost - wearing the pink sparkles!

Jane does a Quick Shot session with Dana Supramaniam from Mediquip at the Council of Deans Nursing and Midwifery Conference - Australia and New Zealand - in Christchurch NZ.Excuse the background noise - this interview occurred at the conference dinner. 

Johanna is a Nurse Advisor Education at the Nursing Council of New Zealand. She is a nurse who is passionate about nursing regulation, education & engaging learning through simulation.Johanna shares her PhD work explores the other side of the coin and questions how healthcare educators are impacted by assuming simulated patient roles.

Dr Keast is a Registered Nurse, Rural Health Researcher and Medical Simulationist  at the University of Melbourne(1) Jennifer Keast | LinkedInDr Jennifer Keast : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne

Jane interviews Ronan who started his simulation career as a diving instructor in Ireland, to now being the managing director of a healthcare simulation company. Ronan answers 5 questions in 5 (ish) minutes and shares his insights and helpful tips for those new to simulation education. www.simovation.com.au 

Professor Kate Morse and Dr Mary Fey join us to discuss the application of SimZones to the higher education context. We will discuss how SimZones can reduce learner cognitive load, scaffold learning and help to develop strategic faculty development plans.Mary and Kate's article discussed in the podcast: Teaching, coaching, or debriefing With Good Judgment: a roadmap for implementing “With Good Judgment” across the SimZones | Advances in Simulation

Coming again to you from the 2025 Australasian Simulation Congress -  Mel had the opportunity to have a chat with Tess Vawser, Director of Clinical Education and Simulation at Epworth HealthCare about their fantastic undergraduate IPE simulation project within a health service.

Mel had the great opportunity to catch up with two leaders in healthcare simulation at the Australasian Simulation Congress in Adelaide August 11-14:Professor Debra Kiegaldie - the Interprofessional Education and Simulation Lead for Monash University’s Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences in Melbourne, andAssociate Professor Ellen Davies, the Research Program Lead at Adelaide Health Simulation

VIP Lounge session with our VIP's:Jenny Rudolph - Senior director of Innovation, Center for Medical SimulationMary Fey  - Associate Director, Applied Learning for Performance & Safety, Center for Medical Simulation Kate Morse - Assistant Dean for Experiential Learning and Innovation, Associate Clinical Professor at Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions.In this session we discuss psychological safety, prebriefing and the differences in prebriefing between higher education and health-based sim centres and the possibility that were are focusing so much on 'psychological safety' that potentially we are doing our learners a disservice and not preparing them for the realities of clinical practice.

Mask-Ed: The educator transforms into a person with a history/story which is relevant to the learning experience and becomes a platform for teaching. The technique involves a three-way interplay involving the educator, the character and the learner. The educator tin character directs the learning process as they create a spontaneous and realistic simulation experience.Mask-Ed was created by Kerry Reid-Searl. Kerry is well known for her creative contribution in simulation as reflected in her creation of  Mask-Ed™ and Pup-Ed™. Kerry has been involved in undergraduate nursing education for more than 32 years. This has enabled her to design, implement and evaluate multiple simulations whilst also researching and publishing in the field. She has been the recipient of numerous national teaching awards and in 2020 was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to nursing educationcheck out From one space to another: Kerry Reid Searl at TEDxNoosa 2014

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Alastair explains how improv can help simulation role playemail: [email protected] website : www.improcog.comFacebook : https://www.facebook.com/people/ImproCOG/100083049206710/?_rdr

State-wide Simulation Coordinator/Paramedic Educator NSW Ambulance

Mel, Kerry, Jane and Jenny introduce themselves and the podcast - they also role model vulnerability as they make errors in learning the podcasting process! We left one of the bloopers in for you to hopefully make you smile.