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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

[💥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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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.

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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!

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Grace Ng, Jenny Rudolph, and Mary Fey recently travelled to Perth, Australia to lead our HSE course at Edith Cowan University. View our upcoming Australian & US courses, registration and dates here: harvardmedsim.org/course/healt...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Teamwork isn’t free—our teammates are always making cost calculations about the benefits of weighing in versus the potential costs: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Esmira Yusufova, Lucas Farris, and Julie Hartman join us again to talk their experience at asking questions where they truly don’t know the answer: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

“There should be no more simulation programs. There should be READINESS programs.” Chris Roussin and Jenny Rudolph team up to show how simulation programs can make themselves essential to their larger organizations: harvardmedsim.org/blog/simulat... #simulation #readiness #healthcare

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Simulation to Readiness: Training That Actually Translates

“There should be no more simulation programs. There should be READINESS programs.” Jenny Rudolph and Chris Roussin team up to show how simulation programs can make themselves essential to their larger...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

To build on Mary Fey's keynote at #INACSL26-- Penni Watts, President of INACSL, joins us to discuss how nursing programs can get endorsed, and why they should: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Congratulations to Chris Roussin on an incredible keynote at the BILH Simulation Symposium! Feedback included "the high point of the day", "intellectually rigorous and genuinely energizing", and "a more honest and useful frame for our mission"!

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Dr. Mary Fey, Associate Director of CMS-ALPS and leader of our ALPS for Health Professions Schools program, will present the Hayden Vanguard Lectureship Keynote at #INACSL26 this Friday! We look forward to those of you joining us in Oklahoma City. #nursing #leadership

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Esmira Yusufova, Lucas Farris, and Julie Hartman from the SSH Mindfulness Special Interest Group join us to reflect on their recent tries at the workout of the week: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

June is always the busiest month at CMS; we have our Healthcare Simulation Essentials course this week, plus many other courses upcoming: harvardmedsim.org/course/healt... #healthcaresimulation #medicine #nursing #debriefing #anesthesia

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“Walk me through what your work looks like,” is one of the most powerful questions a leader can ask: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A Simulation Fellows outing to Newport, Rhode Island with Jenny Rudolph, our Simulation Technician Samuel Huang, and our sim fellows Dr. Benjamin Chin and Dr. Carmen Choy! Our Sim Fellows Program: harvardmedsim.org/simulation-f... #simulation #simulationfellows

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Exciting news: Jenny Rudolph and Chris Roussin will lead "Simulation to Readiness: Training that Actually Transfers" at SimGlobe 2026 in Bengaluru, India. See the QR for registration!

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

What does it mean when psych safety literature asks us to emphasize the purpose of the work as a leader? When we have psych safety, it can make the risks involved in making things better feel worth the effort: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

CMS Affiliates University of Southern Maine and University of Maine at Augusta Achieve INACSL Endorsement: harvardmedsim.org/blog/cms-aff...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

“It’s changed my career,” she said. “I honestly feel like a different doctor since returning from my fellowship.”: harvardmedsim.org/blog/hannah-... #simulationfellows #healthcaresimulation #simulationleadership

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

18 of the 20 available seats for our Simulation Leadership Intensive have been filled-- if you're waiting to join us, don't wait too long! harvardmedsim.org/course/simul... #simulationleadership #psychsafety #healthcaresimulation

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

How do we set expectations regarding reporting mistakes, managing uncertainty, or holding each other accountable? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Workout of the Week: State aloud, in a meeting, what the decision process for a decision being made is going to be. #leadership #medicine

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A great video from MultiCare Health System discussing simulation as a service to get clinical teams ready: www.multicare.org/vitals/simul... We're proud of the work our ALPS team has done helping to build this program across a 13 hospital system. Learn about ALPS: harvardmedsim.org/alps-applied...

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Simulation Leadership tour continues at SAFER, Laerdal Medical, and Laerdal Global Health in Stavanger, Norway to lead a workshop on Psych Safety First Aid. CMS' Simulation Leadership Intensive: harvardmedsim.org/course/simul... #psychsafety #debriefing #healthcaresimulation

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Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) @medsimulation.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Why are we talking about boundaries in a series on psych safety? When we can’t hold consistent standards for ourselves and what we will tolerate, that unpredictability begins to undermine our team’s feelings of safety: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #healthcaresimulation #psychsafety

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