7 Habits of Highly Effective Sim Experts

使模拟教室和现实生活中的临床表现之间的桥梁。

The benefits to using simulation are manifold. Whether it’s training in a simulated emergency room, intensive care unit (ICU), or birthing unit simulations impart incredible knowledge and experience without putting patients or healthcare workers at risk. Experiential learning is what every healthcare professional needs, but often what so few have access to.

For institutions that see the benefits of implementing simulation training, here are seven secrets to launching an effective program:

1. Begin with the end in mind

仿真可能涉及一些相当复杂的设备，但是在制定模拟培训计划时，无需过度复杂化的过程。一开始，定义明确的学习目标将避免混淆和返回以后进行。更重要的是，他们将帮助管理期望和资源承诺。¹

2. Stay true to your learning objectives

If your goal is to have participants master basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), for example, there’s no need to incorporate a complex simulation scenario that deals with equipment failure or working at a chaotic fire scene. To stay focused, benchmark all decisions against your stated learning objectives. “Will this feature support or detract from what we’re trying to achieve?”

3. Share how learning should be applied on the job

讲师需要准确地传达参与者从模拟中获得的预期，并在患者的床边申请。这将有助于提高目标感，对学习和保留信息的承诺。

If students are expected to complete a cardiac assessment, explain what that means. Is it expected they listen to heart sounds in all fields, attach the patient to a monitor and interpret their electrocardiogram rhythm, and/or obtain a history of all related illness and medications? Expectations among instructors may vary, so being specific will clarify discrepancies.²

4. Leverage the power of short-term gains

模拟专家认识到，为模拟而言，这意味着证明投资回报率（ROI） - 越快，越好。通常，他们转向Kirkpatrick模型来展示模拟培训如何值得投资：³

Effectively communicating short-term gains fuels engagement, enthusiasm and morale among key stakeholders. It also illustrates the link between employee engagement and ROI, showing in practical terms how simulation can deliver immediate value.

5. Think faculty development

与以教师为中心的传统教室环境不同，使用模拟的指导是以学生为中心的，教师在学生的学习过程中扮演了主持人的角色。⁴It’s a different way of learning, requiring a different type of teaching. This means that faculty development is a critical piece of every effective simulation program.

6.创建适合自我反射的模拟

要设计成功的汇报会议，请根据早期建立的学习目标进行定制。If you’ve defined those objectives well — around mastery of a particular technical skill or aspect of team behavior, for example — your debriefing session will allow you to gauge how closely participants’ performance aligned with the objectives, and what actions must be taken to bridge any observed gaps.

7.确定绩效管理的内容和方式

基于公制的模拟可确保您的培训课程不仅仅是模拟临床“经验”，因为进步可以客观地衡量。确定您将测量什么以及如何测量它至关重要。

Training should concentrate on what should be done and the order in which it should be done, but it should also target performance errors for at least reduction, preferably elimination.⁵

Applying best practices to your simulation practice

模拟是对时间，金钱和资源的大量投资，但是您的学习者可以获得的收获是无价的。通过遵循铺平道路的SIM专家的最佳实践，您将正在创建一个模拟程序，该计划将在未来几年内支付股息。