December 2023 eNews

This year has been a fantastic year! Thank you all for your continued support.

Here’s to another amazing year in 2024.

Special Interest Groups

The ASPiH special interest groups exist to improve standards and develop shared expertise through communities of practice which can be applied to benefit the use of simulation in healthcare education, research and patient safety improvement.

If you’re interested in joining any of the  SIGs [email protected]

Primary Care Special Interest Group

It was fantastic to launch the Primary Care Special Interest Group (SIG) with 20 people attending who are either already involved in delivering simulation based education (SBE) to primary and community care staff or interested in learning more about it.

The session was chaired by Dr Jane Roome (Kent, Surrey and Sussex Primary Care School) and Professor Dominic Patterson(National Clinical Advisor, Technology Enhanced Learning Team ) who delivered an overview from NHSE. We spent some time getting to know each other and then moved to working through the enablers and barriers for SBE in primary care and what people want from the SIG moving forwards. Look out for a recording in 2024with more details for those who missed it.

Our next meeting is on Teams on Friday 12th January 1-2pm, anyone who attended the launch or who has emailed to say they would like to be part of the SIG, will receive an invite shortly.

If you weren't able to attend but would like to attend please email [email protected] to get the link.

We will be joined by the other PC SIG Chairs: Professor Gerry Gormley (Clinical Skills Education Centre, Queen's University, Belfast)  and Dr Sam Smith (Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors, NHS Forth Valley) and we will look to the future to determine the group's priorities for 2024.

NB. the SIG is open to anyone who is delivering simulation outside of more traditional settings - Community and Social care colleagues are actively welcomed to attend. Please share with colleagues across the simulation community as we want to reach everyone who would benefit from this evolving opportunity.

Journal Club

November

We were pleased to welcome more than 30 attendees to November’s Journal Club session:

Sam Smith and Vicky Tallentire presented their paper 'Simulation for social integration'. The paper can be accessed here.

We welcomed both members and non-members.

This was the last session of the year and we look forward to seeing you all again in the new year.

January

We are looking forward to seeing many more of you at the next Simulation Journal Club which will take place in the new year on 16th January 2024.

Please note the new time of 1pm-2pm.

We are delighted to be welcoming guest speaker Ryan Brydges, who holds many positions including Scientist at The Wilson Centre and Director of Research at the Allan Waters Family Simulation Centre, Toronto, Canada.

RSVP on the website at www.aspih.org.uk/events

Members Area

A new members area is being created which will provide members with access to lots of fantastic ASPiH content. Such as Journal Clubs and past Conferences. This will be available very shortly so stay tuned!

A new webinar session for members

ASPiH Tech SiG Webinar: Iris Simulation Authoring Platform - making the most of Iris

Save the date!

19 January 2024, 12pm-1pm

Further information to follow. We look forward to seeing you there.

ASPiH exec take to a stand at the conference!

This year members of the ASPiH executive committee took to their very own stand in the exhibition hall to meet all the delegates. Our ambition was to learn more about our delegates, and how ASPiH could support them as members or non-members moving forward. Free sweets and pens were the crowd puller and at times we had queues of people waiting to speak to the exec.

We are excited to report ASPiH captured lots of interesting data via a short survey which will inform some projects moving forward to enhance our provision for its members. Should you still wish to complete this survey please feel free to access it by scanning this QR code.

We welcome all new members that signed up on the day and were entered free into the raffle for a hamper of Thorntons chocolates.

Sustainability Forum

The sustainability forum was a new development for this year’s ASPiH conference in Brighton. The sustainability forum was designed to create an engaging and collaborative venue in the exhibition hall. The forum invited delegates and commercial partners to share their current work activity and expertise in relation to the conference sub-themes of ‘Enhance’, ‘Share’ and ‘Improve’. As part of these sessions, there were some excellent presentations relating to the sustainable use of simulation, and the showcasing of creative innovations, which are enhancing practice across the United Kingdom and Ireland. There were also some amazing new product launches delivered as part of these sessions. Attendance was really good at the sustainability forum and it is intended that ASPiH will run the forum again at next year’s conference in Edinburgh.

MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation

The MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation commences in January 2024 at Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre, Avery Hill campus, South East London. It is open to all those involved in Simulated Practice, regardless of background, and is unique in that it incorporates modules in economics and transformative simulation. Both full- and part-time options are available.

Visit the course web page for further information:

https://www.gre.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/eduhea/interprofessional-healthcare-simulation-msc

MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation

The MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation commences in January 2024 at Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre, Avery Hill campus, South East London. It is open to all those involved in Simulated Practice, regardless of background, and is unique in that it incorporates modules in economics and transformative simulation. Both full- and part-time options are available.

Visit the course web page for further information:

https://www.gre.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/eduhea/interprofessional-healthcare-simulation-msc

November 2023 eNews

Dear Members,

ASPiH 2023 was held on the 6th - 8th November at the HIlton Metropole in Brighton. It was fantastic to see so many of you there.

In attendance there were:

658 delegates

44 exhibition stands

144 exhibitor personnel

This years conference programme offered more than 100 hours of scientific and educational content, under the theme for this year which was sustainability.

As part of the conference programme, there was a sustainability forum in the main exhibition hall. This forum explored the concept of sustainability under the sub- themes of Enhance, Share and Improve.

The ASPiH 2023 winners are:

Best oral presentation

MAGIC - The Management of Acute Emergencies in GP Surgeries using In-situ Simulation and Checklists, Project Final Phase: Completed Quick Reference Handbook and Plans for Sustainability

Anne Maloney and Colleagues

Eastfield House Surgery, Newbury

Best poster presentation

The role of simulation in internal pediatric transfers strategized for a PAU/ED co-location

Jayne Thompson and Colleagues

Walsall Healthcare

Best workshop

Sustainable and accessible clinical skills training: using long-lasting, self-repairing and recyclable homemade vascular access phantoms in small group teaching

James Chu

Brighton And Sussex Medical School

All above winners will receive a complimentary place at ASPiH 2024.

The winners of this years ASPiH 2023 Conference Abstract for Publication are:

Rohan Pancharatnam, Lucy Lloyd Williams and Shum Dev

Abstract title: The Importance of Human Factors and the Implementation of the “Social GRACES” in Simulation Training: A 6-month Review of Foundation Simulation Training at Guys and St Thomas’ (GSTT) NHS Foundation Trust

Mia Paget and colleagues

Abstract title: Empathic Simulation: A Novel Simulation Design to Develop Empathy in Healthcare Students

Hannah Ames and colleague

Abstract title: “I have had an epiphany” Student Nurses' reflections ontheir carbon footprint in simulation

Winners were chosen based on the scoring of their submission,and the novelty and quality of their work.

Each team will be given writing support and apublication fee waiver in  the ASPiH affiliated journal IJoHS.

View the ‘Today at ASPiH’ videos here to view the highlights from ASPiH 2023.

ASPiH 2024

Exciting news, ASPiH 2024 will be held in Edinburgh at the International conference centre November 3rd-5th.

This conference will be celebrating 15 years of ASPiH.

The theme of the conference will be Transformative Simulation.

We look forward to seeing many of you there.

Special Interest Groups

New for this year we are launching two new SIGS – Primary Care and Sustainability in Simulation.The Transformative simulation SIG and Research SIG now have a resource page on the ASPiH website under the SIGs section.

Email here if you’re interested in joining them or any of the other SIGs [email protected]

Journal Club

November

We were pleased to welcome more than 30 attendees to November’s Journal Club session:

Sam Smith and Vicky Tallentire presented their paper 'Simulation for social integration'. The paper can be accessed here.

We welcomed both members and non-members.

This was the last session of the year and we look forward to seeing you all again in the new year.

January

We are looking forward to seeing many more of you at the next Simulation Journal Club which will take place in the new year on 16th January 10am-11am.

RSVP on the website at www.aspih.org.uk/events

Members Area

We are currently in the process of updating our members area on the ASPiH website. Our first step is to add past and immediate Simulation Journal Club recordings to this for you all to view along with the 2022 conference keynotes.

This will be available in the coming weeks.

SIMZINE is a digital and printed magazine, available in 3 languages (English, Spanish,and Italian) that promotes the use of simulation in the education and training of healthcare professionals to ensure greater patient safety.

Our magazine intends to intercept all aspects of simulation: from scientific research to scenario design; from the development of trainer skills to the technical features of simulators; and from the practical application in teaching courses to the legal and management aspects of the Centres.

And we want to do it in a fun and different way, in the pure spirit of a ‘zine’.

Our President was interviewed in Simzine find out what Colette said in SIMZINE 11 here.

October 2023 eNews

We hope you are all having a great autumn!

ASPiH 2023 is just around the corner and this years conference programme offers more than 100 hours of scientific and educational content, under the theme for this year which is sustainability.

In relation to simulation, sustainability can be considered to be those enhancements which this teaching technique can bring to the delivery of undergraduate or postgraduate training programmes or efficiencies and improved patient outcomes within clinical settings.

As part of the conference programme, there will be a sustainability forum in the main exhibition hall. This forum will explore the concept of sustainability under the sub- themes of Enhance, Share and Improve.

Enhance

Tuesday, Nov. 7th, 1030 – 1200hrs.

The Enhance theme will create a venue where delegates and commercial partners can share tips on how to get the most out of manikins, how to undertake periodic maintenance and how to ensure maximum return on investment in relation to the products they have purchased.

Share

Tuesday, Nov. 7th, 1300 – 1430hrs.

The Share theme, will invite delegates and commercial partners to share how they have integrated national guidelines into simulation activities, how they have created solutions to common simulation centre challenges or to share expertise in programme design, research or innovation that will enrich the ASPiH community. Speakers will have three minutes to share their insights and two minutes for questions thereafter.

Improve

Wednesday, Nov. 8th, 1100 – 1230hrs.

The Improve theme, will explore how the simulation community changes the dialogue in relation to how simulation is perceived as a high cost, high resource teaching technique. This theme will be led by members of the ASPiH Sustainability Special Interest Group which will drive this national work activity following this conference.

Delegates and commercial partners who have signed up for the ASPiH conference in Brighton can book their slot to present for each of these sessions using the link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/H3KY9GT

At ASPiH 2023 there will always be an interesting and exciting activity to do. The challenge will be to choose! Check the full programme at: Programme – ASPiH Conference

It is also not too late to register if you wish to attend.

Can’t attend conference this year ☹

Don’t worry – you can follow the conference chat on social media – use the hashtag #ASPiH2023

We will have live streaming of ‘Today from ASPiH’ broadcast across our channels and the conference plenary sessions will all be recorded and uploaded into the members area.

Special Interest Groups

New for this year we are launching two new SIGS – Primary Care and Sustainability in Simulation – the latter will feature in next month’s newsletter.

The Primary Care (PC) Special Interest Group (SIG) will be at the ASPiH conference in November. We welcome anyone who is involved or interested in delivering simulation in primary care (including Community and Social Care) to a workshop on "enabling simulation based education (SBE) in primary care" on Wednesday 8th November. We will explore the enablers and barriers to SBE in PC, and most importantly how we can work together to empower and inform PC educators and learners of the value of simulation.

The PC SIG  will be led by Jane Roome, Dom Patterson and Gerry Gormley

If you are unable to attend conference but would like to be part of the PC SIG please email [email protected] to be part of the conversation going forwards, as we look to build the PC SIG community.

Email here if you’re interested in joining them or any of the other SIGs [email protected]

Our immediate Past President, Michael Moneypenny, has taken up a new role as Regional Director (East Africa) at the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CIME) at Aga Khan University (AKU). Michael will be based in Nairobi, Kenya to oversee the development of CIME there, as well as in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Kampala, Uganda. AKU’s aim is to serve the developing world through providing high quality education based on merit rather than means. Michael is keen to stay in touch with colleagues and ASPiH members who have an interest in simulation in this setting, so please do contact him if this appeals to you at: [email protected].

To find out more about AKU visit: https://www.aku.edu/about/at-a-glance/Pages/our-vision.aspx and to find out more about CIME visit: https://www.aku.edu/cime/Pages/home.aspx

In September the simcentre at Watford WISER was the recipient of a prestigious National award HPMA where they demonstrated using sim based practice to develop the organisation in the peri pandemic period to explore how sim is used as a collaborative multi faceted instrument of education and improving patient care.

Well done to all involved!

Please look out for upcoming events including upcoming Journal Clubs, these are all free for you to attend as part of your ASPiH membership and we would love to hear from you any suggestions for improvements to your membership.

Best wishes

ASPiH Executive Committee

October Journal Club

We were pleased to welcome more than 40 attendees to our very own Dr Sharon Weldon’s Journal Club session: Transformative forms of simulation in health care – the seven simulation-based ‘I’s: a concept taxonomy review of the literature. We welcomed both members and non-members. Members will soon be able to access the recording of this session within the My ASPiH login membership area.

November Journal Club

We are looking forward to seeing many more of you at the next Simulation Journal Club which will take place on the 14th November 1pm-2pm. Where we have Sam Smith presenting: Simulation for social integration. View the paper here.

RSVP on the website at www.aspih.org.uk/events

SIMZINE is a digital magazine covering all aspects of simulation, published for information purposes, which promotes the use of simulation in the education and training of health professionals to ensure greater patient safety.

September 2023 eNews

We hope you are all having a great start to autumn!

ASPiH 2023 Programme –The most extensive and interactive programme ever!

ASPiH 2023 is just around the corner and this year conference programme offers more than 100 hours of scientific and educational content, under the theme of sustainable simulation.

The conference starts with four pre-conference workshops in the afternoon of 6 November. The core programme is distributed over two full days (7 and 8 Nov) and offers the opportunity to participate in 5 plenary lectures, 23 session for abstract discussions, and 40 interactive workshops. The sustainability forum is one of the novelties this year. This space invites all simulation enthusiasts to an open discussion on sustainable simulation. And, take time to be amazed by the industrial exhibition (with over than 25 exhibitors), where cutting-edge technology/solutions are presented and can be experimented.

At ASPiH 2023 there will always be an interesting and exciting activity to do. The challenge will be to choose! Check the full programme at: https://aspihconference.co.uk/programme-2/

It is also not too late to register if you wish to attend.

We are pleased to let you know that the newly appointed Executive Committee Membership and Marketing group have been working hard in the background over the last few months. We are looking forward to meeting many of you in person this year in Brighton at Conference where we will have a membership stand. Please come and say hi and help us to understand what ASPiH can do for you as our members. If you aren’t able to join us this year we will be reaching out virtually to understand your needs. Watch this space for further information.Your view is important to us.

You may notice some changes to the website over the coming months. We are updating some content and want to ensure the site is fully accessible and user friendly.

Please look out for upcoming events including upcoming Journal Clubs, these are all free for you to attend as part of your ASPiH membership and we would love to hear from you any suggestions for improvements to your membership.

Best wishes

ASPiH Executive Committee

September Journal Club

We were pleased to welcome more than 50 attendees to the relaunched ‘Simulation Journal Club’ on the 11th September. Dr Tim Mason ran an extremely engaging session on “Experiencing a Virtual Simulation: A 360-degree simulation experience". We welcomed both members and non-members from within the UK and had people joining us from as far as Senegal. Attendees got to experience a first hand demonstration of a virtual 360-degree simulation session. Members will be able to access the recording of this session within the My ASPiH login membership area.

October Journal Club

We are looking forward to seeing many more of you at the next Simulation Journal Club which will take place on the 16th October. Where we have our very own Sharon Weldon presenting her recent piece: Transformative forms of simulation in health care – the seven simulation-based ‘I’s: a concept taxonomy review of the literature.

RSVP on the website at www.aspih.org.uk/events

MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation

The MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation commences in January 2024 at Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre, Avery Hill campus, South East London. It is open to all those involved in Simulated Practice, regardless of background, and is unique in that it incorporates modules in economics and transformative simulation. Both full- and part-time options are available.

Postgraduate Open Evening – 1 November

Visit the course webpage for further information:

https://www.gre.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/eduhea/interprofessional-healthcare-simulation-msc

Platinum Sponsors for Conference 2023

SIMZINE is a digital magazine covering all aspects of simulation, published for information purposes, which promotes the use of simulation in the education and training of health professionals to ensure greater patient safety.

Dear Member,

We hope you all had a fantastic summer and enjoyed the bank holiday weekend!

It has been fantastic to see how many of you have registered for this years ASPiH conference, however, it’s not too late to register if you are yet to do so.

To register and for further information regarding conference including accommodation info can be found on the conference website.

We are pleased to welcome new Exec members Charles Everard and Mary Holding. We welcome their expertise and are excited to have them join us!

In SIG news the Transformative Simulation special interest group have published their paper: ’Transformative forms of simulation in health care – the seven simulation-based ‘I’s: a concept taxonomy review of the literature’ the paper can be accessed HERE.

Please look out for upcoming events including upcoming Journal Clubs, these are all free for you to attend as part of your ASPiH membership and we would love to hear from you any suggestions for improvements to your membership.

Best wishes

ASPiH Executive Committee

August Journal Club

Dr Burcu Dogan presented paper; "A form of mental simulation with significant enhancements enabling teamwork training" The paper can be accessed HERE.

The Simulation Journal Club (the official Journal Club of ASPiH)

– an exciting new development within the ASPiH community

ASPiH has always sought ways to connect with its members with the most high-value content to support and promote simulation-based education and technology enhanced learning (TEL) in context. It's all part of our shared pursuit of best practice for our patients, learners and partners.

This announcement feeds into that mission, but first – some context:

In 2020, a group of simulation enthusiasts, many of which are ASPIH members themselves, launched the Scottish Simulation Journal Club, a virtual group who met for an hour to discuss and explore the latest simulation and TEL based evidence and how to engage with it in their own local context. The Journal Club has been very successful and has now close to 250 members, joining from all around the world.

In 2021, we launched a monthly virtual ASPIH Simulation Journal Club for our members which sought to create an opportunity to connect, network and collaborate in a similar way. The club has also developed and grown over the last two years, thanks to the many here who have joined, and to both our sitting President, Colette Laws-Chapman, and ASPiH member Dr Diego Olmo-Ferrer for their leadership and monthly facilitation of the group.

From September 2023, these two successful communities of practice are amalgamating to become The Simulation Journal Club (the official Journal Club of ASPiH), which creates an incredible opportunity to bring a larger and increasingly international audience together to network and explore the very latest in simulation and TEL work, and incredible value for our members.

The Simulation Journal Club will be held via MS Teams, with an MS Teams group being formed for interested members in coming weeks. Whilst monthly Journal Club events will be free and promoted for members and non-members alike we are currently curating a plan around a raft of additional content for ASPiH members on the website, including writing workshops and author Q&A sessions.

It's going to be a very exciting 2023/4 and you are very much invited to be part of it with us from the ground up. Please do let us know if you would like to: 

a) Be added to the Simulation Journal Club MS Team.

b) Contribute to the Club by presenting an article.

c) Contribute to the Club by nominating (or up-voting) an article of interest to you.

We look forward to seeing you at the next Simulation Journal Club on Monday September 11 at 1300hrs.

Best wishes

ASPiH Executive Committee

RSVP on the website at www.aspih.org.uk/events

ASPiH Standards Consultation

We are delighted with the response rate so far – there is still time to comment either as an organisation or as an individual on the New ASPiH standards for simulation practice. Our survey closes on 17th September – click the link here for access to the draft 2023 standards – and then complete the survey by clicking here. Thank you.

MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation

The MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation commences in January 2024 at Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre, Avery Hill campus, South East London. It is open to all those involved in Simulated Practice, regardless of background, and is unique in that it incorporates modules in economics and transformative simulation. Both full- and part-time options are available.

Visit the course webpage for further information:

https://www.gre.ac.uk/postgraduate-courses/eduhea/interprofessional-healthcare-simulation-msc

Financial Support for Simulation Technicians to attend ASPiH Conference 2023

ASPiH was delighted to collaborate with Scotia UK plc (smots™) to provide financial support for simulation technicians who would otherwise not be able to attend the ASPiH conference in Brighton.

Scotia UK plc was established in November 1963 and this year the company will celebrate its 60th year in business. At least a third of the lifetime of Scotia UK plc has been focused on the development of smots™ – the Scotia Medical Observation and Training System, a combination of hardware and software that can easily and unobtrusively record video, audio and the vital signs readings of any medical procedure or simulation. As a company, Scotia UK plc recognises that simulation technicians are fundamental to its business.

To celebrate this momentous occasion smots™ provided financial support for 60 simulation technicians to attend this year’s conference. In total 66 simulation technicians will be supported to attend this conference.

These 66 simulation technicians characterise the reach of ASPiH as they represent the United Kingdom and countries in Europe and further afield. Colette Laws-Chapman, president of ASPiH said ‘We are really excited to welcome these simulation technicians to Brighton as this role is central to making simulation activities a success. It is especially exciting that over 70% of the successful applicants have never attended an ASPiH conference before. This would not have been possible without the fantastic support from smots™’.

Gordon McLoughlin, CEO of Scotia UK plc (smots™), said ‘I’m delighted that the funding support was over-subscribed. The fact that we have managed to encourage a good geographical spread of ‘new’ simulation technicians to come to ASPiH Brighton is a great outcome. This helps all of us in keeping ASPiH conferences as the most relevant meeting in the year for everyone associated with simulation in healthcare in the United Kingdom’.

A full programme of events including a dedicated pre-conference event is planned for simulation technicians at this year’s ASPiH conference in Brighton, 6–8 November.

Platinum Sponsors for Conference 2023

Oxford Brookes University

"We are excited to announce that we are launching a new level 7 module in Simulation Based Education at Oxford Brookes University. This module aims to provide learners with the opportunity to understand and critically examine the fundamental concepts of healthcare simulation using evidence from the literature, and standards for simulation from INACSL and ASPiH organisations. Learners will be supported to plan, develop and facilitate high quality simulation based education (SBE) activities applying relevant educational theories. We encourage applicants from a diverse range of roles, with experience in healthcare simulation, or from a healthcare simulation setting to encompass an interprofessional learning ethos.

The module will run in September 2023 and January 2024. Click on the following link for more information: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/cpd/simulation-based-education"

Dear Member,

We hope you are all enjoying the sunshine, whilst managing to keep cool during the hot weather spell!

Members of our ASPiH Executive Committee have been in attendance at SESAM 2023 in Lisbon and what a wonderful time they have had networking with many colleagues and simulation enthusiasts, whilst having the opportunity to learn and be inspired by some fantastic speakers.

Meanwhile back in the UK the ASPiH team are working hard on final preparations for ASPiH 2023 and are almost finished reviewing the many abstracts sent in by our members. Thank you to the scientific committee and reviewers who are reviewing over 300 abstract submissions, we hope to let submitting authors know very soon!

It has been encouraging to see many of you take up the Super Early Bird rate which finished on 15th June, Early Bird rate is still on, so if you have not registered yet, take advantage of the discounts on offer until 31st July 2023. Register HERE

Our new Exec members are settling in nicely. We welcome Kevin Stirling’s leadership and expertise to a new role in supporting our commercial partners and Nathan Oliver who has just started as our lead for online education programmes for members. Exciting times are ahead!

To ensure that our technical community are represented and supported, we are currently recruiting 2 x Technical colleagues to join our ASPiH Executive Committee and we are currently accepting expressions of interest. Further information can be seen below and on our social media channels.

This month the eNews is sponsored by Gaumard, we give special thanks to them for their continued support of ASPiH and helping to ensure that we can provide a high quality conference for all.

Please look out for upcoming events including Monday’s Journal Club, these are all free for you to attend as part of your ASPiH membership and we would love to hear from you any suggestions for improvements to your membership.

Best Wishes

ASPiH Executive Committee

June Journal Club

19th June 2023 at 1pm

The impact of debrief models on self-efficacy within mental health simulation training

The Debriefing SIG chairs have re-started their year by selecting this paper ‘The impact of debrief models on self-efficacy within mental health simulation training: a quantitative analysis. Colette & Diego will host the session. The paper can be accessed on the button below.

RSVP on the website at www.aspih.org.uk/events

ASPiH Technical Special Interest Group Meeting

June 26 @ 12:00 – 13:00

FREE

Join Chris and the Regional Tech Champions for an update on the work of the group, covering key support topics (Career Pathways, job descriptions, training opportunities), professional registration , updates from the Regional Tech Champions, ASPiH 2023 Technical Stream agenda and much more!

RSVP to reserve your place – open to all

NEW - Primary Care Special Interest Group

If you are involved in simulation for Primary, Community or Social Care or within a healthcare-based 3rd Sector organisation then please join the newly formed Primary Care Special Interest Group. Whether you've been delivering simulation-based education (SBE) for awhile or are just getting a programme started, we want to bring people together to support, learn and collaborate with each other as simulationists providing SBE in settings outside of traditional settings.

Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information

Dear Member,

As the summer is nearly upon us we hope you have been enjoying some of the warmer weather!

In the past month we have seen the coronation of King Charles III which was a momentous occasion as well as many of our healthcare colleagues taking part in the strikes to fight for fairness and equality that is sustainable, bettering the future for all.

As an Executive Committee we have been finalising our plans for the conference this year where we will be focusing on sustainability in simulation. The topic was chosen to help us in becoming more mindful of how we develop, use and succession plan within our healthcare simulation services.

We want to help support quality in simulation activity that enhances patient and team safety. This means we need to think about how we undertake service and learning needs analyses, how we plan our training and how to invest in our resources including staff, patients and colleagues, networking and educational equipment and software. And how we build our knowledge base, through the use of simulation as a research tool.

We are overwhelmed with the number of abstracts received this year and our Scientific Committee have started to assess these. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to submit for conference this year and we are looking forward to contacting all authors in due course.

Registration is opening very soon, check out the conference website for updates!

May Journal Club

22nd May 2023 at 1pm

Join authors Dr Andy Soundy & ASPiH Executive committee member, Robyn Stiger, for a one hour virtual journal club as they present their paper:

Psychological skills training using simulated practice for brief therapeutic interaction which researches the model of emotions, adaptation and hope.

RSVP on the website at www.aspih.org.uk/events

ASPiH Technical Special Interest Group Webinar: Audio Visual (A/V)

May 18th @ 12-1pm Free Event

Join Dan Blood, Tom Hayes and Jonathan Duddle as they present an online introduction to audio visual equipment in simulation settings. Email [email protected] to join.

SESAM Conference

SESAM Lisbon 2023

June 14th - 16th

10% off for ASPIH members using code ASPIHDELEGATE!

The link for the registration site is here:

https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=711737&

Link to the full scientific programme that may also be useful is here:  https://www.sesam-web.org/media/documents/scientific-programme.pdf

Take a look at our website to see upcoming events.

Dear Members,

We hope you have enjoyed the Easter break!

As valued ASPiH members, we wanted to keep you up to date with events that you can take advantage of with your ASPiH membership:

Friday 14th April: Abstract Webinar

This year’s conference theme has been selected to help all of us focus on becoming more mindful of how we develop, use and succession plan within our healthcare simulation services.

We want to focus on sustainability to help support quality in simulation activity that enhances patient and team safety. This means we need to think about how we undertake service and learning needs analyses, how we plan our training and how invest in our resources including staff, patients and colleagues, networking and educational equipment and software. And how we build our knowledge base, through the use of simulation as a research tool.

We also want to give more time to thinking about how we sustain each other and how we best support one another and nurture progression for all staff. This can take many forms such as how we peer coach faculty, create new fellowships and apprenticeships and how we succession plan within our teams and organisations to provide excellent simulation activities.

Our aspiration is that we build on the recent expansion of accessibility, through the use of remote and distance methods to deliver simulation and the development of controlled-cost solutions to address the needs of low resource institutions and locations.

We anticipate that through translational methodology and embedding simulation activity beyond skills training to support behavioural change and systems improvement we can address more of the complex and intersectional issues, such as equality, diversity and inclusion which will further support sustainable workforce plans.

Sustainability also means exploring how we provide support and opportunities to ASPiH Members and to the wider healthcare simulation community including industry partnerships, from how we lead and promote inclusivity, to how we think about investment in continuing professional development and how we also provide the evidence for simulation.

And of course it’s about how we can reduce our carbon footprints in simulation activities, such as how we can re-use kit safely, or  how we can share resources including scenarios and equipment.

The really exciting part is that you are invited to join us through abstract submissions to share your work, and by attending and joining in the conference events including our keynote presentations and breakout sessions. The conference content and discussions will shape additional conversations that will form future healthcare simulation practices amongst our ASPiH network and beyond.

To help you develop your ideas into a conference abstract – why not join us on Friday 14th April 2023 16:00-17:00  when Guillaume Alinier and Andy Buttery Conference & Scientific committee members will be hosting an abstract development webinar.

UPCOMING JOURNAL CLUB SESSIONS:

26th April, Wednesday - This month's paper is presented by ASPiH Executive committee member Dr Jane Roome & author Dr. Gerry Gormley on his paper: Making the invisible visible: a place for utilizing activity theory within in situ simulation to drive healthcare organizational development? https://advancesinsimulation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41077-020-00148-8

22nd May Authors Dr Andy Soundy & ASPiH Executive committee member, Robyn Stiger, will present their paper:  Psychological skills training using simulated practice for brief therapeutic interaction which researches the model of emotions, adaptation and hope https://www.ijohs.com/article/doi/10.54531/sdaz6915

19th June.  The Debriefing SIG chairs have re-started their year by selecting this paper ‘The impact of debrief models on self-efficacy within mental health simulation training: a quantitative analysis. Colette & Diego will host the session  https://www.ijohs.com/read/article/pdf/s5g9qIYBEgXBsCdHtJLm

FOR MORE INFO visit: www.aspih.org.uk/events to RSVP

Dear Members,

Sponsor for this month – CAE Healthcare visit their website HERE to view their latest products!

AGM
Thank you to our Executive Committee and members for attending last week's session. As seen within the AGM we would like to give special thanks to:

Michael Moneypenny for his leadership and support over these past two years as President

Colette Laws-Chapman for her commitment to conference and continuing professional development opportunities and welcome her as our new President

Mike Morrow and Karen Reynolds for managing our financial accounts

Paul O'Connor for heading up Accreditation and taking care of the back log we had

Cristina Diaz Navarro, Michael and Makani Purva for all their hard work updating ASPiH standards

Carla Sa'Couto, Andy Buttery and Guillaume Alinier for working on our presence with the IJoHS Journal (Click link to view the journal website)

EBS for their business support

Donna Major for supporting our Executive Committee

All Exec Committee Members - Marian Traynor, Emily Browne, Ratna Makker, Sharon Wheldon and our new EC for supporting the Association and our members

A huge thank you to YOU our members! for continuing to support the Association and encouraging its growth

If you missed our Annual General Meeting, you can catch up by viewing the slides HERE

You may email any questions in to us at [email protected]

Journal Club

March 29 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

The Journal clubs are been very well received and well attended by our membership. If you have not had chance to take advantage by attending then be sure to join this month’s which is taking place on Wednesday 29th March at 1pm.

The journal club for this month is:

We know Paediatric simulation is different from Adult simulation: discuss The paper can be accessed HERE

The links to the online meeting will be sent to everyone who RSVP’s at www.aspih.org.uk/events

My ASPiH

Just a reminder to all members to ensure that all contact details are correct and up to date within the My ASPiH Area to ensure that you receive all relevant mailings. Did you know that you can access discussion forums through the My ASPiH Area? This could be a good forum for receiving help and advice from fellow members and simulation enthusiasts.  If you have any suggestions for improvements to your membership please get in touch and share your ideas with us. [email protected]

Best Wishes

The ASPiH Team