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Revolutionising Healthcare: Exploring Virtual Reality Simulation Research with Dr. Todd Chang from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Dr. Todd Chang is based at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Todd is the Medical Director at Las Madrinas Simulation Center at CHLA and is a Children’s Emergency Senior Physician. Todd is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Southern California. He has stood past and present on a number of international and local boards in regards to simulation and education. We are incredibly thrilled to have Todd as a guest on SimNurseNZ in this episode and hope you will enjoy the time spent with him as much as we did.
 
Todd has a passion for advancing healthcare education and innovation. He specialises in the field of virtual reality (VR) healthcare simulation. Todd is a world leading expert in this field of education and he has made significant contributions to development and implementation of VR technology in healthcare staff training, patient care and research related to VR.
Alison, Marie and Erin are absolutely thrilled to interview Todd on this SimNurseNZ podcast episode about research in healthcare VR simulation. Today we discuss virtual reality and Todd’s experiences with both this and research on this subject. He is incredibly kind, funny and fun in this interview. We are incredibly grateful to Todd for sharing such wonderful resources with us to encourage us all to venture into the world of VR healthcare simulation.
 
Some video links are included below about Todd’s work in Virtual Reality in the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Emergency Department.
https://smex12-5-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fjzxvyFWZAoc%3fsi%3d1S85wslrcCBO%5fl2t&umid=031c7308-b274-4ea3-93aa-89cce1662564&auth=9b524f228cf218be85c76e75f89997ec2caa72a4-747cae26f289881baf6cc49b0263d44f1e9797c6
https://smex12-5-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2f28yNoN%2dpZD4%3fsi%3dnKzV%5fQtFouOOojDr&umid=031c7308-b274-4ea3-93aa-89cce1662564&auth=9b524f228cf218be85c76e75f89997ec2caa72a4-4370b16418e9892c6af268cf7cce304fc35a0bf9
 
Todd is happy to be contacted via email regarding any enquiries from this SimNurseNZ podcast episode:
dr.toddchang@gmail.com

Ep#5 - Khang Hee Gan & VRR

In this episode Erin Carn-Bennett, Alison Cartwright & Marie Collinson interview Dr Khang Hee Gan.Khang tells us about his career journey to becoming a Paediatric Emergency Consultant in StarshipChildren’s Hospital and also his journey into simulation. He talks about his experience of being theDouglas Starship Simulation Programme fellow in 2019 and then the Simulation fellow at Sick Kids,Toronto, Canada in 2020. After getting to know Khang a little better we talk with him about theonline education tool “virtual resus room” which was created in Canada by Sarah Foohey. Khangshowed our DSSP team VRR on his return from Canada and it has become a part of our programme in New Zealand. We explore tele health as a learning platform and Khang also gives advice to anyonestarting out in their simulation journey.
Links
https://virtualresusroom.com/
https://www.ipssglobal.org/
https://nzash.co.nz/
https://inspiresim.org/
https://www.apls.org.nz/
Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog
or email: Starshipsim@adhb.govt.nz
This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The StarshipFoundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen. This podcast wasproduced by Blue Ginge creative.Want to come on our podcast in future seasons? Hit us up! Like, share, subscribe & review us toenable us to continue if you have enjoyed this podcast.

Ep#4 - G+T Who is DSSP and how did we get to where we are now?

G+T Who is DSSP and how did we get to where we are now? Episode 4This episode of Sim Nurse NZ focuses on the history of and current status of the clinical simulation team that is the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme. (DSSP)Erin Carn-Bennett, Marie Collinson & Alison Cartwright interview Trish Wood (operations manager ofDSSP) & Doctor Gabrielle Nuthall (Starship PICU intensivist & DSSP programme lead for Outreach)who are hugely respected and valued within our organisation, nationally & within the globalsimulation networks.
We discuss the humble beginnings of the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme and the growth towhat it is today.
We explore the foundations, principles and pillars of our simulation programme.
What is required when building a programme? What would they do differently?
We look into our clinical simulation programme discussing how we ensure that it is psychologicallysafe and where to prioritise investments.
Discussions include what education does our simulationprogramme cover?
Concluding this episode is why do we do this? We discuss how as clinicians we can create a positiveimpact to improving safe care to patients through simulation.
Links: 
Sim zones article:
https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2017/08000/SimZones__An_Organizational_Innovation_for.29.aspx
https://www.ipssglobal.org/
https://nzash.co.nz/
Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog
or email: Starshipsim@adhb.govt.nzThis podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The StarshipFoundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.
This podcast wasproduced by Blue Ginge creative.Want to come on our podcast in future seasons? Hit us up! Like, share, subscribe & review us toenable us to continue if you have enjoyed this podcast.

Ep#3 The pivot of simulation based education

The pivot of simulation based education.
Episode 3In this episode we take some time to share stories and reflect on how we all had to pivot in ourclinical simulation based education roles in 2021. How and why did we do this? It is still relevanttoday as we all struggle to continue to prioritise education in the current healthcare climate. We talkabout work imagined vs. work done in policy writing and how simulation can be a tool to explorethis.
Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog
or email: Starshipsim@adhb.govt.nzThis podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The StarshipFoundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen. This podcast wasproduced by Blue Ginge creative.Want to come on our podcast in future seasons? Hit us up! Like, share, subscribe & review us toenable us to continue if you have enjoyed this podcast.

Ep# 2 - Sim Nurse NZ interviews Peter Weinstock with the big questions

In this episode we are incredibly lucky to interview one of the international “gurus of simulation” Dr Peter Weinstock. Dr Weinstock is the Executive Program Director, Immersive Design Systems(formally SIMPeds); Anesthesia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Simulation; Senior Associate, Critical Care Medicine & Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School. Peter has been a pivotal international link for the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme and has been key in growing our team to what it is today. In this episode we explore healthcare simulation with Peter and hear stories from hisexperience of how clinical simulation has evolved over time.
We discuss his foundational article “Sim Zones” which we discussed in episode one. Linked below.
https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2017/08000/SimZones__An_Organizational_Innovation_for.29.aspx
This episode also explores how to stay up to date with current developments in healthcaresimulation and also predictions of innovations and where the future of simulation is heading.
We talk about effect driving the technology and also how to utilise design thinking. This episode alsoexplores how clinical simulation staff are incredibly skilled at debriefing and have true assets inemotional intelligence especially empathy. Peter also discusses adjacencies that healthcaresimulation has to other professions such as behavioural psychology and biometrics. The future ofhealthcare simulation should be to align and connect with these specialities to cross pollinateexpertise and deepen learning.
Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog or email: Starshipsim@adhb.govt.nz
This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The StarshipFoundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.
This podcast was produced by Carl Thompson from Blue Ginge creative.
Want to come on our podcast in future seasons? Hit us up! Like, share, subscribe & review us toenable us to continue if you have enjoyed this podcast.
Intro/Outro Music: Fridaze - Lauren Duski

Ep# 1 - Who are we & what are sim zones?

In this episode you will get to know the “ultimate tripod” of healthcare simulation nurse educatorsfrom the Douglas Starship Simulation Programme.
They are: Erin Carn-Bennett, Marie Collinson & Alison Cartwright. What are our backgrounds?
Who used to be a volunteer firefighter?
Who was justjealous of setting up the simulations behind the scenes and so badgered till they could join in?
Whowas it that has a background in hatching to dispatching nursing and what does that even mean?
This is a multidisciplinary podcast and although through the nursing lens all clinicians are welcomeand there is something for everyone to take away. We also have Doctors as guests.
Once you have got to know us a little better we will talk to you about the Sim Zones article byRoussin and Weinstock (2017) and the impact it has had on our programme when us 3 started in ourroles in 2019. You can find the article here:
https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2017/08000/SimZones__An_Organizational_Innovation_for.29.aspx
We talk about the three sim zones and break each down into how we utilize it within our clinicalsimulation programmes as well as what debriefing methodology we use for each.We talk about debriefing real life events and here is the link to the ACE (after critical event) reviewwe use in our organisation which is freely available.
https://starship.org.nz/guidelines/ace-review-after-critical-event/
 
Please email us at Starshipsim@adhb.govt.nz or DM us on Twitter to get your copy of our zone 1 andzone 2 debriefing card.
Connect with us on Twitter! @Starshipsimprog
This podcast was funded and made possible by the Douglas Charitable Trust and The StarshipFoundation. We give many thanks for their generosity in making this happen.
This podcast wasproduced by Carl Thompson from Blue Ginge creative.
Want to come on our podcast in future seasons? Hit us up! Like, share, subscribe & review us toenable us to continue if you have enjoyed this podcast.
Intro/Outro Music: Fridaze - Lauren Duski