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Stories from past fellows at the Center for Medical Simulation! Learn more about the CMS Fellowship program: harvardmedsim.org/simulation-f...

How do we take care of ourselves in a way that allows us to bring the right leadership moves to the needs of the moment? : podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

[💥No Spoilers💥] Did you see the Season 2 finale of The Pitt? Did you know we run that case in our Labor & Delivery clinical courses?: harvardmedsim.org/course/impro... Next dates with available seats: September 30, October 14 #thepitt #laboranddelivery #obstetrics

Instead of threats about the consequences of not staffing their clinics adequately during the holidays, a healthcare leader was persuaded to present the staffing goal as a challenge and ask for solutions from the team for how to get there: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Today begins our Advanced Instructor Course 2026! This once-a-year course helps healthcare educators and simulation instructors navigate real-world challenges they've found in their own workplaces: harvardmedsim.org/course/advan...

On #WorldPatientSafetyDay we're proud of our courses' role in the research for "Association of Simulation Training With Rates of Medical Malpractice Claims Among Obstetrician–Gynecologists": harvardmedsim.org/course/impro... The study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34237759/ #HCSimWeek26

A new course at the Center for Medical Simulation can only mean one thing--time to film new course videos! Let us know if you spot your CMS era on the timeline: harvardmedsim.org/course/simul... #HCSimWeek26 #healthcaresimulation #meded #nursing

Every simulation program has a moment where having a team of skilled debriefers and facilitators is no longer the bottleneck, and the leadership part begins: harvardmedsim.org/course/simul... #HCSimWeek26 #healthcaresimulation

Simulation in healthcare began as an anesthesia-specific field, and though it has spread across the entire world of healthcare, we’re still innovating and improving from the head of the bed: harvardmedsim.org/course/moca-... #HealthcareSimulationWeek2026 #hcsimweek26 #anesthesia

Varying the narration that accompanies a situation can change the physiological way that learners experience it: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

You have responded to an emergency. You look up and you don’t know many members of the team. The patient is struggling to breathe, and you are starting to sweat: harvardmedsim.org/resources/na... #crisismanagement #simulation #healthcare

As we learn to manage, we have to acknowledge that defensive survival circuits are automatic, and produce immediate behavioral and physiological changes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

Our BIDMC Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine fellows are busy practicing their teamwork and communication skills this week for our last co-lead Foundations of Healthcare Simulation course of the year! #anesthesia #healthcaresimulation #patientsafety #clinicaleducation

Little and big glitches can knock you out when you least expect it. Stress about her daughter’s upcoming wedding burst out in an unexpected way in Jenny’s morning huddle: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

Our inaugural Simulation Leadership Intensive course just wrapped. Thank you to my Center for Medical Simulation colleagues and our course participants for the unforgettable three day journey together. -Grace Ng, Senior Director, CMS-ATLAS harvardmedsim.org/course/simul...

Thank you to our fantastic colleagues for a great Day 1 of our inaugural Simulation Leadership Intensive. This course is a labor of love. Looking forward to Days 2 and 3. Sign up for April's intensive: harvardmedsim.org/course/simul... #healthcaresimulation #leadership #healthcare

Interested in just the workouts? This week, we’ve assembled a package of 10 workouts to improve your team’s psych safety: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

The Center for Medical Simulation is seeking a Director, Business Operations to lead the financial, administrative, and operational backbone of a close-knit, high-performing organization: harvardmedsim.org/careers/

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"I've had a lot of different jobs a lot of different places, and this is the best one I ever had." -- Mark Jones, Director, Simulation Technical Operations (retired)At CMS the focus is on communicatio...

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Self-awareness of our stress level is the foundation of our ability to self-regulate, which is what allows us to notice what’s going on with others more accurately: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

We have BIDMC Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine Department fellows in the building working hard during our co-lead Foundations of Healthcare Simulation course this week! The group will leave here with knowledge of debriefing skills, teamwork, scenario design and more.

Managing our own attention at critical moments is one of the key elements of self-leadership, allowing us to control our reactions and focus rather than being controlled by it: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

Last chance to sign up for the Simulation Leadership Intensive August 24-26 (1 final seat remaining): harvardmedsim.org/course/simul... If you can't be the last member of our 2026 Leadership Cohort, we've just opened registration for a new April 2027 Leadership Intensive!

How do we help our colleagues push through initial effort to focus into a realm where they feel like they have achieved flow and are doing their best work? : podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

First two courses of the year are in the books! We have two cohorts of anesthesia interns ready to recognize emergencies and call for help in the OR: lnkd.in/e83TRciQ #anesthesia #nursing #medicine #healthcaresimulation

“If I create too much psychological safety, won’t discussions just become endless? It sounds nice, but I have actual work to get done.” : podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

Morning huddle for our first anesthesia intern course of the year! Our focus today is on recognizing an emergency in the OR, calling for help, and reporting the clinical situation to the responding team: harvardmedsim.org/course/moca-... #anesthesia #medicine #debriefing #simulation

People are going to make mistakes. As the leader of a team, how do we help people move from the mindset of failure as a character flaw to seeing failure as a moment for growth?: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

The new academic year training rush is on, starting with our Gateway Debriefing Skills Workshop (online, seats remaining) this Thursday: harvardmedsim.org/course/gatew...

What should a leader do when they’ve encouraged their team to speak up, they’ve created psych safety, and then their team gives them feedback they didn’t really want to hear: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety