Dr. Debra Nestel's 4 CE Course:
Intro to Healthcare Simulation

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Location: Online Digital
Level: Beginner
RN CE Contact Hours: 4
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Method: Lecture/Slides
Study time: 4+ hours
Course Access: 3 Months
Bonuses: Template PDFs
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Navigate the language of clinical simulation.
List common applications of simulation in healthcare.
Outline the contemporary history of healthcare simulation.
Consider drivers for the uptake of healthcare simulation.
Identify resources for building your medical simulation practice.
Describe a range of clinical simulation modalities.

Instructor:
Debra Nestel PhD, FAcadMed FSSH

Objective: Designed for any healthcare professional, this instant access online 4 Contact Hour CE course provides the necessary fundamental concepts in educating and training with clinical simulation. All materials previously recorded.

Summary: This course provides an opportunity to explore fundamental concepts in simulation practice. While it is designed for those new to simulation, experienced practitioners have also benefited as they explore contemporary content. We explore the language of simulation within and outside of healthcare, acknowledge historical influences on contemporary practices, consider a wide range of simulators and their applications and review diverse resources. On completion, participants will have covered foundational content preparing them to approach healthcare simulation both constructively and critically.

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Debra Nestel is Professor of Simulation Education in Healthcare, Monash University, and Professor of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Australia. Debra is Editor-in-Chief, BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning (STEL), the journal of the Association for Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH). She is program lead for the Master of Surgical Education (Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) and Master of Surgical Science (University of Melbourne) and Graduate Certificate in Clinical Simulation (Monash University). Debra leads a national faculty development program for simulation practitioners – NHET-Sim and a virtual network in Simulated Patient Methodology. She has received national awards for her work in healthcare simulation (Ray Page Award for service to the simulation community, Simulation Australasia and a Program Innovation Award, Australian Government) and a Presidential Citation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). She has held many positions in professional associations across her career. Mainly a qualitative researcher, Debra has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in health professions education, edited books on simulated patient methodology (2015), healthcare simulation (2017), surgical education (2019) and research methods for healthcare simulation (2019)

Disclosures: Dr. Nestel receives royalties from Wiley Blackwell & Springer.

Navigate

Review & Navigate the language of clinical simulation.

Explore

List applications of simulation in healthcare.

Review

Review the recent history of healthcare simulation.

Consider

Consider drivers for the uptake of healthcare simulation.

Identify

Identify resources for building your medical simulation practice.

Describe

Describe a range of clinical simulation modalities.

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Dr. Nestel's Other Courses

“The best thing about this course is that I can work through it at my own pace, it's logical. You can see how the ideas build. And the access to resources is great. Actually, they're fantastic. I've now drafted my first Simulated role.”

NICK BLACK

“I'm an OSCE examiner and I've always wondered who wrote the SP roles or the stations. Dr. Nestel's course has made it really clear to me who should write them and how. I just never thought about getting patients and SPS involved with clinicians. It's obvious now.”

Nick Black

“Straight forward guidance on writing SP roles from experienced practitioners. There's an honesty about the content - what's hard and what's easy.”

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This course provides an opportunity to explore fundamental concepts in simulation practice. While it is designed for those new to simulation, experienced practitioners have also benefited as they explore contemporary content. There is a focus on simulation as an educational method. The course encourages participants to make meaning of the varied content in light of their own experiences. We explore the language of simulation within and outside of healthcare, acknowledge historical influences on contemporary practices, consider a wide range of simulators and their applications and review diverse resources. On completion, participants will have covered foundational content preparing them to approach healthcare simulation both constructively and critically.

Key Objectives:

Navigate the language of healthcare simulation: Communities of practice are characterized by the language they use and the specialist nature of their practices. For this first objective, we explore commonly used terms and others that feature in simulation practices. These terms include briefing, debriefing, scenarios, observer roles, mastery learning, realism and more. Of course, we place them in context to offer greater meaning.
List common applications of simulation in healthcare: Threaded through the course, we identify common applications of simulation in healthcare. We share our own and draw on others’ experiences. We link application to simulation modalities and acknowledge both their features and limitations.
Outline the contemporary history of healthcare simulation: We acknowledge the long history of healthcare simulation but focus on the contemporary quality and safety agenda – this is the centre piece of most health services. Research on simulation has increased exponentially in the last 30 years. We know simulation works, we just need to better understand how to use it optimally. We have a look at other high reliability industries - to learn how they manage safety – and simulation is a key tool. We also learn how collaborative projects have led to the development of current simulators. With their origins in Resusci Anne, Harvey and Ms Chase, we now have access to a wide range of simulators supported by diverse technologies – virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed realities.
Review drivers for the uptake of healthcare simulation: The course explores several drivers to healthcare simulation and participants are encouraged to examine those relevant to their own settings. Examples include: the already mentioned quality and safety movement in healthcare; the growing research evidence-base for the effectiveness of simulation as an educational method and in identifying system/process strengths and limitations; the ethical imperative of not causing harm to patients by learning on them when there are alternative approaches through simulation; and many more.
Identify resources for building your healthcare simulation practice: A feature of the course is the access it provides to many resources. It offers links to professional societies, simulation journals, books, podcasts and industry websites.
Describe a range of simulation modalities: The course makes clear that simulation is not a single thing, there are many modalities, and they are evolving all the time. Again, I’ve thread reference to simulation modalities through the course including the more common – task trainers and part-task trainers, manikins, virtual patients and simulated participants. Some of these modalities are also supported by different types of technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality.

Recorded Q&A Zoom Events are included with your registration.

What's Included?

6 Modules, 4+ Hours
4 RN CE Contact Hours
Lessons in Video & Audio
2 Recorded Q&A Sessions
3 Months of 24/7 Access
Learner Discussion Group
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Part of the SPN Standardized Patient Training Program

The Simulated Patient Network (SPN) offers a range of courses for individuals working with simulated patients (SPs). The courses are likely to be of interest to simulation educators, technicians, SPs and to some extent learners involved in undergraduate and postgraduate training in all health professional disciplines. All courses are designed to take three hours expect for the foundational program which takes five hours.

M1: Foundations of Standardized Patients Methodology
M2: Creating Roles for Standardized Patients
M3: Training Methods for Standardized Patients (role portrayal)
M4: Training Methods for Standardized Patients (debriefing)
M5: Standardized Patients Program Management
M6: Teaching with Standardized Patients and A/V Recording
M7: Teaching with Standardized Patients for Assessments
M8: Developing Hybrid Simulations with Standardized Patients
M9: Increasing Standardized Patient Realism with Moulage
M10: Debriefing Standardized Patients
M11: Teaching Interprofessionally with Standardized Patients
M12: Teaching with Pediatric Standardized Patients

Course contents

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Lance W. Baily, BA, EMT-B is the Founder / CEO of HealthySimulation.com, the world’s leading medical simulation resource website which now supports upwards of 35,000 healthcare professionals a month. As an experienced entrepreneur, digital media producer and administrative professional, Lance has the background and the experience necessary to help guide the healthcare simulation industry from early-adopter to early-majority.

Lance is also the Founder of SimGHOSTS.org, the leading 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting healthcare professionals operating clinical simulation technologies which has organized over twenty hands-on training conferences around the globe since 2011. His new co-edited Book: “Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Operations, Technology, and Innovative Practice” provides 400 pages of in-depth articles supporting the technical integration of healthcare simulation in any sized program.

Formerly he served as Director of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas, Simulation Technician for the LA Community College District, and volunteer Fire-Fighter, after receiving his BA in Film and Digital Media Production and working on Hollywood production sets. He currently lives with his wife in Las Vegas with their newborn baby girl and two dachshunds.

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Dr. Debra Nestel's 4 CE Course:
Intro to Healthcare Simulation

Meet the Instructor:

Debra Nestel PhD, FAcadMed FSSH