Interdisciplinary Simulation and Education Center

Simulation Facilitator Course

Register for this course

Minimum participants: 3
Maximum participants: 6
Time: 8 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Simulation Center Conference Room- Ramp LL.021

Learner Outcomes

During this course, 80%, or greater, of learners will demonstrate and self-report increased knowledge and skills needed to develop and facilitate a practical simulation scenario as well as debrief knowledge and skill by utilizing the “Debriefing with Good Judgment” approach during one simulation scenario.

At three months, or greater, after this course, 80%, or greater, of learners will report via an online survey a higher level of confidence and competence in developing and facilitating an effective simulation scenario and debriefing this scenario by utilizing the “Debriefing with Good Judgment” approach.

This 8-hour hands-on course is for interdisciplinary staff such as physicians, residents, registered nurses, EMTs, Paramedics, RT, Chaplaincy, and other multidisciplinary staff and educators to learn the basics of simulation. In addition, this course is helpful to teach simulation basics for clinical and non-clinical staff involved with curriculum design or serves as a content expert for clinician orientation and ongoing orientation.

Course content includes types of simulation, adult learning theory, how to use and interact with high-fidelity mannequins, scenario development, and "Debriefing with Good Judgment" concepts. You will be split up into groups to demonstrate your knowledge by building a scenario, running a simulation scenario, operating the high-fidelity mannequins, and lastly debriefing the learners.

Pre-course work readings will be sent one week before class and are required to be completed to attend the course.

After this activity learners should be better able to:

• Describe the utility of simulation in educating adult learners.
• Develop all the components of a complete simulation scenario.
• Develop and demonstrate a "debriefing with good judgment" approach.
• Synthesize knowledge and performance of best practices in simulation development, delivery, and debriefing.

Agenda

Note: A full agenda will be provided at the activity.

08:00-08:30 am: Intro to Simulation & Maximizing Learning
08:30-09:00  Tour of Sim Center and Mannequins
09:00-10:00 am  Review of Pre-Brief and Debrief
10:00-10:15 am  Break
10:15-11:45 am  Develop & write simulation cases (small groups)
11:45 am-12:15 pm Lunch
12:15-12:45 pm Develop pre-brief & debrief questions for your simulation cases (small groups)
12:45-1:15 pm  Operation of mannequins & Facilitation practice in control room (small groups)
1:15-2:25 pm  Hands-on running and debriefing your simulation cases (small groups)
2:25-2:40 pm Break
2:40-3:50 pm  Hands-on running and debriefing your simulation cases (small groups)
3:50 – 4:00 pm: Wrap Up & Course Evaluation

Faculty/Planning Committee

No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

• Glenn Paetow, MD, MACM, ISEC, Medical Director, Program Director of Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency, Hennepin Healthcare (HH)
• Mindi Driehorst, MSN, Simulation Center Manager, ISEC, HH
• Russ Siekman, BA, EMT-P, Lead Simulation Specialist
• Vicky J-H. Yeh, PhD, CHSE Simulation Education Specialist, ISEC, HH
• Sarah Ringstrom, MD, Medical Education and Simulation Fellow, ISEC, HH
• Rochelle Zarzar, MD, MACM, Assistant Program Director of EM Residency, Hennepin Healthcare

Accreditation Statement(s)

• 7 contact hours are awarded for successful completion of the program.
• Successful completion of this program includes attending the entire session, completing the program evaluation, and successfully completing the return skill demonstration.
• Other healthcare providers who participate in this activity may submit their statement of attendance to their appropriate accrediting organizations or state boards for consideration of credit. Participants are responsible for determining whether this activity meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.

Simulation Debriefing Basics Course

Register for this course!

Minimum participants: 3
Maximum participants: 6
Time: 8 am - 12 pm
Location: Simulation Center Conference Room- Ramp LL.021

External/Public Registration and Purchases

Learner Outcomes

During this course, 80% or greater, of learners will demonstrate and self-report increased debriefing knowledge and skills by utilizing the “Debriefing with Good Judgment” approach during the facilitation of two simulation scenario debriefing sessions.

At three months, or greater, after this course, 80% or greater, of learners will report via an online survey a higher level of confidence and competence in utilizing the “Debriefing with Good Judgment” approach during simulation scenario debriefing.

This 4 hour hands-on course is designed for interdisciplinary staff such as physicians, residents, registered nurses, EMTs, Paramedics, RT, Chaplaincy, and other interdisciplinary staff and educators to learn the basics of debriefing simulations.  In addition, this course is helpful to teach debriefing basics to clinical and non-clinical staff who are involved with clinical orientation and ongoing orientation and learning.

Course content includes adult learning theory and how to utilize the “Debriefing with Good Judgment” approach in debriefing scenarios.  You will be split up into groups to demonstrate your knowledge by running a simulation scenario and debriefing the learners.  Pre-course work readings will be sent one week prior to class and are required to be completed to attend the course.

At the conclusion of this activity learners should be better able to:

• Describe the utility of simulation in educating adult learners.
• Develop and demonstrate a "debriefing with good judgment" approach.
• Synthesize knowledge and performance of best practices in debriefing.

Agenda

Note: A full agenda will be provided at the activity.

08:00-08:15 am  Brief Intros and Welcome
08:15-08:45 am  Overview of Simulation Pre-brief and Debriefing Approach
08:45-09:00 am  Tour of Sim Room & Control Room
09:00-09:15 am Group Debriefing Practice
09:15-11:45 am   Simulation Scenarios with Debriefing
11:45-12:00   Wrap up and Course Evaluation

Faculty/Planning Committee

No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

• Glenn Paetow, MD, MACM, ISEC, Medical Director, Program Director of Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency, Hennepin Healthcare (HH)
• Mindi Driehorst, MSN, Simulation Center Manager, ISEC, HH
• Russ Siekman, BA, EMT-P, Lead Simulation Specialist
• Vicky J-H. Yeh, PhD, CHSE Simulation Education Specialist, ISEC, HH
• Sarah Ringstrom, MD, Medical Education and Simulation Fellow, ISEC, HH
• Rochelle Zarzar, MD, MACM, Assistant Program Director of EM Residency, Hennepin Healthcare

Accreditation Statement(s)

• 3.75 contact hours are awarded for successful completion of the program.
• Successful completion of this program includes attending the entire session, completing the program evaluation and successfully completing the return skill demonstration.
• Other healthcare providers who participate in this activity may submit their statement of attendance to their appropriate accrediting organizations or state boards for consideration of credit. Participants are responsible for determining whether this activity meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.

Open Task Training Room Hours

The following times are when the center's task training room is open to independent task training and procedural practice. ISEC staff are available at the below times to do task training room orientation for any interested nurse or resident/member of the medical team. Task training orientation consists of how to use the trainers, supplies, and equipment for independent procedural training practice, general dos and dont's, how to access the center, and review of task training after-hours policy. There is no need to register or RSVP. Please call us if you have any questions at 612-873-7466.

Simulation Team

Glenn Paetow, MD, MACM
Medical Director, Interdisciplinary Simulation and Education Center
Fellowship Program Co-Director, Simulation, and Medical Education Fellowship
Associate Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

Mindi Driehorst, MSN, RN
Simulation Center Manager
Mindi is the Simulation Center Manager at ISEC and is responsible for the operational management, coordination in the development and, delivery of educational simulation activities, and strategic planning to ensure the mission and vision of the center are achieved.  She earned her BSN from Minnesota State University-Mankato, as well as her MSN in Nursing Education and Leadership & Management from Walden University. 

Russ Siekman
Lead Simulation Specialist
Russ is the Simulation Specialist at ISEC and is responsible for operating and maintenance of all ISEC equipment, as well as assisting in the design, implementation, and evaluation of simulation activities. Russ comes to Hennepin Healthcare from Marquette University School of Nursing where he has been employed as a Simulation Operations Specialist since August 2019.  He is a licensed paramedic and has a BA in Communication from the University of North Dakota. 

Vicky J.-H Yeh, PhD, CSE
Simulation Education Specialist
Vicky is responsible for assisting in the design, implementation, and evaluation of simulation activities.  Vicky comes to Hennepin Healthcare from UNC Greensboro School of Nursing.  Vicky is a nurse by training and obtained her ADN in Taiwan, BSN from Case Western Reserve University, and PhD in Nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill with a focus on education. She completed an INACSL-CAE simulation fellowship in 2017 and a one-year simulation fellowship at the Multidisciplinary Simulation Center at Mayo Clinic, Rochester in 2019. She then spent 3 years as a post-doctoral research fellow on a surgical simulation education team in the Department of Surgery at Mayo supporting simulation-based education for general surgery residents and conducting simulation-based education research.

Sarah Ringstrom, MD
Medical Education and Simulation Fellow 2022-2024
Sarah is an Emergency Medicine physician completing a two-year fellowship in Medical Education and Simulation. She completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at Hennepin Healthcare in 2022. Her interests are Resident Education as well as Multi-disciplinary Simulation Education.

Volunteer Opportunities

Apply by filling out the adult online application form on the volunteer page.

The Simulation Center has two volunteer opportunities offering a hands-on approach to clinical treatments, doing procedures, enhancing teamwork, and building communication, and patient relationships.

Simulation Helper
The simulation helper's role is to help set up and clean-up for simulations. Most of the time will be spent organizing medical supplies and taking direction from simulation staff to set up simulation rooms with equipment, mannequins, beds, carts, and supplies, putting supplies back after simulation, and setting up the room for the next simulation.

Volunteer Standardized Patient Actor
The volunteer actor's role is to act out the particular simulation family member role. This person will receive a scenario, and background information, and get to practice the role and scenario on a "dry run" prior to the actual program. In addition, this person may also play the role of a patient or a patient's voice. No actual medical procedures will occur, but sometimes the learners may complete an ear or eye exam or listen to lung sounds with a stethoscope on the volunteer actor.

Resources

Hennepin Healthcare ISEC Simulation Scenario Library submissions - Please email us at [email protected] with the content that you are looking for. We will let you know if we have any scenarios already written with that content or similar content. If you have found other case banks or case libraries that would be useful to others, please let us know so that we can add them to the list.

Access the Scenario Case Request Form.
Access the Trainer/Equipment Request Form.

Videos

• HCMC-ISEC & High Fidelity Simulation
• Debriefing High Fidelity Case-Based Simulation: Everything You Need to Know — This is a 30-minute peer-reviewed podcast on debriefing by Hart D et al., published in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's Journal.
• Millennial Generation and "The Lecture" — This is a 30-minute peer-reviewed podcast on debriefing by Hart D et al, published in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's Journal.

ISEC Templates

• ISEC Curriculum Planning Template — This template will help develop the learner curriculum.
• Simulation Scenario Template (Microsoft Word) — Use this template to help develop a simulation scenario.
• EPIC Patient Build Form (Microsoft Word) — This is the E.H.R. form that is required to be filled out and sent to the Sim Center and E.H.R. team when requesting a simulation patient build for a scenario.

Website Resources

• Debriefing High Fidelity Case-Based Simulation: Everything You Need to Know — This is a 30-minute peer-reviewed podcast on debriefing by Hart D et al., published in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's Journal.
• Millennial Generation and "The Lecture" — This is a 30-minute peer-reviewed podcast on debriefing by Hart D et al, published in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's Journal.
• www.mededportal.org — MedEdPORTAL® aims to equip healthcare professionals across the continuum with effective and efficient educational tools to improve patient care.
• www.cordem.org — The Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD), is a scientific and educational organization.
• Massachusetts Nursing Initiative

MedEd & SIM Fellowship

Medical Education and Simulation fellows work with multiple departments and professionals to develop simulation and skills-based curricula. They are involved in the development, implementation, facilitation, and debriefing of simulation sessions; both in the simulation center and in clinical environments (InSitu).  Fellows lead multiple curricular development projects, involving both individual departments/units and interprofessional teams.

While concurrently being enrolled in a Master's level program, Fellows combine formal education with experiential learning and direct feedback, to maximize the opportunity to acquire and refine their knowledge and skills. Fellows also are involved in developing non-simulation based educational activities for learners in their home department.

Learn more about the Medical Education & Simulation Fellowship.