The Scottish Simulation Safety Summit recently took place in the simulation centre at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, bringing together experts from across the world to discuss how simulation can help improve safety, quality, culture and governance.
Speakers included Dr Julie Mardon, Clinical Director of the Scottish Centre Simulation and Clinical Human Factors, Prof Vic Brazil, an Emergency Physician and Medical Educator in the Emergency Department of the Gold Coast Health Service and at Bond University where she is the Director of the Translational Simulation Collaborative; Dr Eve Purdy, a qualified anthropologist who works as an Emergency Medical Consultant in Australia, Dr Ben Symon, Paediatric Emergency Physician and Clinical Director of Simulation at Mater Hospital in Brisbane and Dr Dan Hufton, a Paediatrician at Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children.
The day-long event included presentations, group sessions and workshops as well as poster displays.
Topics covered included:
- Challenging incivility with compassion
- Improve MDT engagement in teaching and understanding of common emergency conditions
- Enhancing Clinical Confidence:
- Helping GP trainees with quality improvement in a fun and “simulating” way using Primary Care emergency simulations
- Mobile simulation-based education in remote and rural communities in Scotland using realist research
- The Impact of Translational Simulation in Paediatric Major Incident Planning and Staff Training
- Design and delivery of a bespoke in-situ programme for radiographers
- Simulation to safety, an ongoing journey
Posters included:
- Overcoming Challenges of In Situ Simulation in the Emergency Department
- Translation Simulation: are you prepared for multiple paediatric major haemorrhages simultaneously?
- Use of Simulation to Support Education and Improvement of Frail Elderly People
- Enhanced team working and identification of systems and processes for improvement
- Emergency Medicine Mastery Skills
- Incident-driven Simulation Education for Undergraduates
Huge thanks to everyone involved in planning, participating and presenting at the event. Feedback from those who attended was very positive and a few examples are listed below.
“Thank you for the opportunity to attend the recent Sim Safety Summit. Through my attendance at the Sim Safety sessions ran by Julie Mardon, I had high expectations of what this day would deliver and it did not disappoint. It was well run with thought provoking and collaborative learning throughout. All topics were easily relatable to the individuals and had transferable learning opportunities. Look forward to the next event.” – David Watson Chief Nurse for Acute Services
“The summit was inspiring – the enthusiasm of the participants and presenters was palpable and the depth of knowledge that the speakers have is awesome. On a personal level I went home buzzing and enthusiastic about how simulation can be used, not only for clinical simulation, but for lots of other things as well.” – Robert Clark, NHS Forth Valley, Employee Director.
