Virtual debriefings in healthcare education can be especially challenging. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many healthcare simulation programs to move their educational curriculum to the online virtual environments. As a result, clinical simulation educators are conducting more virtual debriefings, which involves facilitating conversations via web-based teleconferencing platforms. Virtual debriefings introduce a distinct set of challenges that may [...]

This week, HealthySimulation.com’s new healthcare simulation expert interview series “Simterviews” speaks with Dr. Janice Palaganas, PhD, RN, NP, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH. She is the Associate Director of Health Professions Education at MGH Institute of Health Professions and Principal Faculty at the Center for Medical Simulation (CMS). Prior to her current position, Dr. Palaganas helped [...]

Dr. Haru Okuda, MD, FACEP, FSSH, is the executive director of University of South Florida Health’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS). In this role, he has oversight of a 90,000-foot, state of the art, advanced training facility, with the mission of creating and providing experiential learning that improves clinical skills and patient [...]

HealthySimulation.com’s new Webinar subscription platform has already recorded over 45 presentations from some of the world’s leading healthcare simulation experts on a plethora of topics helpful to building, sustaining, and expanding a clinical simulation program. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about its own set of unique challenges, and so many of the recent [...]