LET'S TALK SIM PODCAST

Let's Talk SIMINACSL is excited to announce the launch of our first-ever podcast series, Let's Talk SIM! Each episode will feature an interview with innovators in the field of simulation to discuss new methodologies, the current and future state of the field, learning resources, and inspiring stories. INACSL is dedicated to advancing the science of healthcare simulation, and this podcast is an extension of our passion for simulation.

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Meet Our Season Two Podcast Host

Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSEOur host, Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE is an Associate Dean for Simulation & Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, a Covenant Health System Endowed Chair in Simulation and Nursing Education, and an AACN Jonas Nurse Scholar Alumni. Dr. Johnson’s passion for healthcare simulation is focused on advancing the science of simulation through research on the observer role and observational learning methods in simulation, psychometric testing of knowledge instruments, and faculty development in debriefing and the relationship with student outcomes.

Season Two

Episode One: The State of Advanced Practice Nursing Simulation in 2023

In our first episode of season two, host Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE, Associate Dean for Simulation & Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing addresses the state of Advanced Practice Nursing (APRN) Simulation especially for simulationists pursuing a doctoral degree. Scholar and educator, Dr. Sarah L. Beebe, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC, CHSE has devoted most of her current research to create hybrid simulated experiences to advance nursing simulation education. Dr. Beebe talks about the current state of healthcare simulation in APRN education, challenges and opportunities with simulation in APRN programs in contrast to pre-licensure programs, and where she foresees simulation making the biggest impact in APRN education.

 

Episode Two: Practicing Healthcare Simulation Internationally and Evaluation Tools for Learner Assessment

In the second episode of season two, host Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE, Associate Dean for Simulation & Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing talks with Dr. Kim Leighton, PhD, RN, CHSOS, CHSE, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN, Executive Director of the ITQAN Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center at Hamad Medical Cor, Doha, Qatar. Dr. Leighton shares about the importance of Learner Assessment tools, her work in Qatar, working with simulationists across the globe, and the exciting places life will take you when you take risks and try something new. 

 

Episode Three: Reflecting on the Past and Imagining the Future of Simulation

INACSL 20th Anniversary

 

In honor of INACSL’s 20th anniversary celebration, we had the pleasure of interviewing the incomparable Dr. Suzan “Suzie” Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN, ANEF, CHSE, FSSH, FAAN and Dr. Sharon Decker, PhD, RN, FSSH, ANEF, FAAN who have been practicing simulation in nursing and healthcare even before it was even officially called by that name. Season two host Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE looks to the past as we envision the future of simulation, and talks with Dr. Kardong-Edgren and Dr. Decker about how they first got their start in simulation, their career journey over the last several decades, and what they think simulationists should focus on in the future. Spoiler alert, the recent simulation advancements are only the tip of the iceberg. 


Episode Four: The Importance of the Observer Role in Healthcare and Nursing Simulation

In the fourth episode of season two, host Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE, Associate Dean for Simulation & Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing chats with podcast guest Beth Rogers, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Texas Christian University. Dr. Rogers and Dr. Johnson discuss their shared passion for research and the growing importance of the observer role, learner role, and clinical judgment and the essential role these play in advancing the science and practice of healthcare and nursing simulation.

 

Episode Five: A Journey through Slovenia’s Simulation Centre

In the fifth episode of Let’s Talk SIM, hosts Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE, Associate Dean for Simulation & Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, and Gamze Ağartıoğlu Kundakçı, PhD(c), RN, RA, researcher at the Faculty of Nursing in Turkey (Türkiye), meet with Davorin Marković, RN, Medical Simulation Specialist and Coordinator of SIM Centre Ljubljana, to discuss the first simulation centre on the primary level in Slovenia. Davorin dives into how simulation training has benefitted healthcare professionals in Slovenia, how the mobile simulation unit complements the centre, and implementing AR, VR, and gamification into the centre.

 

Episode Six: Pondering & Prebriefing

In the sixth and final episode of season two of Let’s Talk SIM, host Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE, Associate Dean for Simulation & Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing caught up with Dr. Niki Fogg,Director of Simulation Education and Technology and is an Associate Professor at Texas Woman’s University (TWU), to touch on Prebriefing and Debriefing. Dr. Fogg gives an inside look into her dissertation on patient care, using the NCSBN Clinical Judgement Measurement Model, and her work sharing best practices in the clinical education environment.

 

 

Meet Our Season One Podcast Host

Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE

Our host, Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE is a Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and co-chair of the INACSL Membership Committee. For more than a decade, Dr. Alderman has used simulation as an innovative teaching strategy, incorporating many modes of simulation including high fidelity, low fidelity, and virtual. Dr. Alderman has expertise in leadership, quality and safety, and interprofessional education, often using simulation to link these areas.

Season One

Episode One: The Impact of Virtual Learning on Simulation Education

In this episode, host Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing talks with Dr. Margaret Verkuyl, NP, PHC, MN, Professor at Centennial College about effective leadership practices to navigate a time of rapid change, how virtual simulation will evolve beyond the current pandemic timeline, and how virtual learning outcomes compare to traditional learning methods in health professionals education.

 

Episode Two: The Role of Virtual Reality in Simulation

In this episode, Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing talks with virtual reality experts VRpatients Nursing Product Supervisor & SME Tracy Chesney, PhD(c), MSN-Ed, CNE, CHSE, CHSOS and Associate Professor at Queen’s University Faculty of Health Sciences School of Nursing Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude, RN, PhD, CCSNE, FCNEI. They discuss how virtual reality technology can be used as a scalable simulation learning tool to develop clinical decision-making and judgement skills like never before. Computer-based and headset-based virtual reality systems give students the unique opportunity to take a lead role on treating virtual patients in healthcare teaching simulations.

Episode Three: DEI in Healthcare Simulation

In this episode, Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing talks with Cynthia Foronda, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, FAAN, Professor of Clinical and the Assistant Dean for Innovation, Clinical Research, and Scholarship at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies about the state of the science regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of simulation and how to use the Prebriefing for Cultural Humility© tool to create a safe, welcoming learning experience.

 

Episode Four: Overcoming Incivility in Nursing & Healthcare Simulation

In this episode, Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing talks with Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Founder of Civility MattersTM, Professor Emeritus at Boise State University, and an award-winning professor, scholar, and author about examples of incivility healthcare professionals may experience in the profession and how we can foster civility to create more welcoming, collaborative working relationships.

 

Episode Five: Rural IPE in Healthcare Simulation

In this episode, host Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing talks with two IPE experts. Ann Scott, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, CNE and Robin Dawson, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC from the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina discuss their experience with practicing sim-IPE (simulation enhanced interprofessional education) in rural environments without easy access to large academic medical centers and strategies for successful collaboration with other disciplines when not affiliated with an academic setting.

 

Episode Six: Sustainability in Healthcare Simulation

In this episode, host Jennifer Alderman, PHD, RNC-OB, CNL, CNE, CHSE, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing talks with two sustainability superheroes fighting for a more positive environmental impact in healthcare simulation. Jessica Marsack, RN, BSN, PhD, CMSRN and Melissa Bathish PhD, RN, CPNP-PC from the Clinical Learning Center and Simulation Lab at the University of Michigan School of Nursing talks about the current and future state of sustainability in healthcare simulation and steps you can take today to reduce, reuse, and repurpose your supplies and equipment.