Summary

In this short video, Marc Lazarovici will guide us through a simulation at the sim center in Munich.

It begins with a pre-simulation briefing, where the healthcare team participating in the simulation along with the debriefer/facilitator go over the details of the clinical case they will be running.

After the briefing, the healthcare professionals enter the simulation room, which is set up to mimic a real clinical environment with a mannequin patient already prepared with monitoring equipment attached.

As the team orients themselves and gets ready, we see the control room where two people – the facilitator and operator – are running the simulation technology. Their role is to observe and control what happens during the scenario while marking relevant scenes to reference later.

The team in the simulation room works through the clinical case just as they would a real patient, getting all information from the simulated environment without any direct interaction from the facilitators. The control room can fully observe their actions through one-way mirrors and video cameras.

After completing the simulation scenario, the team moves to a debriefing room set up as a meeting room. Here they participate in the debriefing session, sitting in a semi-circle and engaging in a facilitated discussion led by the debriefer.

The debriefing follows a structured approach with several phases. It begins with participants describing the situation, then analyzing the main issues or problems that occurred. The facilitator moderates but the goal is for participants to discuss more than the facilitator lectures.

Finally, the debriefing session wraps up with participants summarizing the key “take-home” messages and lessons from the experience.