In this episode Tony and Lawrence unpick the semantics of some of the more ambiguous terms commonly used in simulation. What does simulation actually mean? What is a confederate and should we be using this term and what on earth is high fidelity?... All will be revealed in this episode.

In this episode Tony and Lawrence talk to Jackie Dias an associate professor in nursing at the university of Sharjah in the UAE. Jackie talks about her experience of building a simulation centre from the ground up in Pakistan, what was involved and lessons learned. She also talks about the work she is now doing in Sharjah.

In this episode, Tony and Lawrence are joined by Amy Wong an asspociate professor from the Norwich Medical School. In the episode Amy disucsses research and scholarship potential in simulation, the importance of international collaboration and how Amy is trying to spread this message through her Scholarship, Innovation and Research Network (SIReN).

If you would like to know more about SIReN or would like to discuss about the scholarly work you're invovled in, you can contact Amy vias her email Amy.Wong@uea.ac.uk

In this episode, Tony and Lawrence are joined by Dan Blood a senior simulation technican at the university of Surrey. The trio discuss a typical day in the life of a sim tech, relationships with other faculty and creative solutions to simulation problems. #simcast #simulation #podcast

In this episode, Lawrence and Tony are Joined by Christine Vogel the lead nurse educator for UbiSim: a company specialising in Virtual Reality (VR) for healthcare education. They discuss what good VR looks like, where VR sits in the different modalities of simulation education and peek into the future of what VR holds for healthcare simulation. #simcast #simulation #podcast

LINKS

INACSAL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice - https://www.inacsl.org/healthcare-simulation-standards

In this episode Lawrence and Tony are joined by Juliet Harrison an associate professor in paramedic science from the University of East Anglia. This week's topic revolves around some of the challenges faced promoting diversity in simulation. The trio discuss both obvious issues such as skin tone in patient simulators as well as some more subtle nuances such as traditional terminology used in simulation which isn't always inclusive. A very thought provoking episode this one... #simcast #simulation #podcast

In the Episode Juliet mentions several resources which can be found below:

- Skin Deep - A resource to address the lack of skin tone diversity of paediatric medical education images - https://dftbskindeep.com/
- Mind the Gap - A clinical resource for signs and symptoms for people with black and brown skin - https://www.blackandbrownskin.co.uk/mindthegap
- Foronda, C., Prather, S. L., Baptiste, D., Townsend-Chambers, C., Mays, L., & Graham, C. (2020). Underrepresentation of racial diversity in simulation: an international study. Nursing education perspectives, 41(3), 152-156. - https://journals.lww.com/neponline/abstract/2020/05000/underrepresentation_of_racial_diversity_in.5.aspx?context=latestarticles

In this episode, Lawrence and Tony are Joined by Irfan and Hannah, two paramedic students who have just undertaken a peer-led Adult Life Support (ALS) simulation session. They discuss their experiences of learning and simulation at UEA, how working with different year groups provides both benefits and challenges and what they have learned from their simulation session #simcast #simulation #podcast

In this episode Lawrence and Tony are joined by David Aziz, director of placements for the Norwich Medical School. The three discuss what simulation means in the context of practice-based learning, whether simulation should replace clinical placements and how learning differs between experiences in simulation and those in clinical practice. Discussion takes a philosophical turn throughout and David also throws a curveball question to Lawrence and Tony right at the end of the episode, so keep watching for that one!