Center for Medical Simulation (CMS)
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Improving teamwork, communication, & leadership through research-driven training. Helping clinicians around the world become better instructors & debriefers.
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“A fantastic, focused course… I feel much more prepared to implement simulation at my future clinical workplace.”
Looking to ready your clinical fellows for their teaching roles both at the bedside and in the sim lab? Sign up today: harvardmedsim.org/course/healt...
#HealthcareSimulation
Looking to ready your clinical fellows for their teaching roles both at the bedside and in the sim lab? Sign up today: harvardmedsim.org/course/healt...
#HealthcareSimulation
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“A fantastic, focused course… I feel much more prepared to implement simulation at my future clinical workplace.”
Looking to ready your clinical fellows for their teaching roles both at the bedside and in the sim lab? Sign up today: harvardmedsim.org/course/healt...
#HealthcareSimulation
Looking to ready your clinical fellows for their teaching roles both at the bedside and in the sim lab? Sign up today: harvardmedsim.org/course/healt...
#HealthcareSimulation
Just in time for Thanksgiving— the CMS Book Club reviews “How to Avoid Awkward Silences” by Patrick King!
Join us as eight learning conversation experts debate the value of silence, and how we can get the conversation back to flowing.
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Join us as eight learning conversation experts debate the value of silence, and how we can get the conversation back to flowing.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just in time for Thanksgiving— the CMS Book Club reviews “How to Avoid Awkward Silences” by Patrick King!
Join us as eight learning conversation experts debate the value of silence, and how we can get the conversation back to flowing.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Join us as eight learning conversation experts debate the value of silence, and how we can get the conversation back to flowing.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Upcoming Winter Courses: As the snows come to Boston, the CMS online season has begun! Register for your seat in these courses today: harvardmedsim.org/course-type/...
-Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design & Debriefing | Dec. 8-12 | 2 seats remaining
-Gateway & DASH Workshops: Jan. 7 + 8
-Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design & Debriefing | Dec. 8-12 | 2 seats remaining
-Gateway & DASH Workshops: Jan. 7 + 8
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Upcoming Winter Courses: As the snows come to Boston, the CMS online season has begun! Register for your seat in these courses today: harvardmedsim.org/course-type/...
-Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design & Debriefing | Dec. 8-12 | 2 seats remaining
-Gateway & DASH Workshops: Jan. 7 + 8
-Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design & Debriefing | Dec. 8-12 | 2 seats remaining
-Gateway & DASH Workshops: Jan. 7 + 8
Why is it so hard for healthcare educators to share what they actually think in a debriefing or feedback situation? Jenny shares the story of a participant in an anesthesia clinical simulation who helped guide her to be more transparent...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Why is it so hard for healthcare educators to share what they actually think in a debriefing or feedback situation? Jenny shares the story of a participant in an anesthesia clinical simulation who helped guide her to be more transparent...
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Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Curious Now is on tour--Jenny will be presenting "From Conflict to Collaboration: Cultivating High Trust Duos at Point-of-Care," beginning tomorrow at the Cleveland Clinic!
Inquiries can email curiousnow@harvardmedsim.org
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Inquiries can email curiousnow@harvardmedsim.org
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November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Curious Now is on tour--Jenny will be presenting "From Conflict to Collaboration: Cultivating High Trust Duos at Point-of-Care," beginning tomorrow at the Cleveland Clinic!
Inquiries can email curiousnow@harvardmedsim.org
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Inquiries can email curiousnow@harvardmedsim.org
More: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
When we lead a conversation where we only bring our conclusions and inferences to the table, rather than the concrete data that helped lead us there, we are influencing (sometimes unjustly) what is even discussable among our teams.
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Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When we lead a conversation where we only bring our conclusions and inferences to the table, rather than the concrete data that helped lead us there, we are influencing (sometimes unjustly) what is even discussable among our teams.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Coming up December 3 featuring CMS Executive Director Roxane Gardner and Director of Clinical Programs Lon Setnik:
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Coming up December 3 featuring CMS Executive Director Roxane Gardner and Director of Clinical Programs Lon Setnik:
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laerdal.com/us/learn/eve...
Curious Now Workout of the Week: Use the subject line of your emails to practice more clearly telling what the purpose of the conversation is.
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Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Curious Now Workout of the Week: Use the subject line of your emails to practice more clearly telling what the purpose of the conversation is.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Curious Now workout of the week: Observe for conversations where you feel unclear—what was the point of this meeting, why are we having this conversation, what are our goals of care for this patient?
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October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Curious Now workout of the week: Observe for conversations where you feel unclear—what was the point of this meeting, why are we having this conversation, what are our goals of care for this patient?
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Christian Balmer joins us from Switzerland to look at the readiness of surgical teams to recognize and deal with cases that have gone beyond their capacity to handle!
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Christian Balmer joins us from Switzerland to look at the readiness of surgical teams to recognize and deal with cases that have gone beyond their capacity to handle!
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
In this special episode, Jenny Rudolph and James Lipshaw, producer of Curious Now, debrief our performance so far with the podcast, what we haven’t achieved yet, and where we’d like to go next.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In this special episode, Jenny Rudolph and James Lipshaw, producer of Curious Now, debrief our performance so far with the podcast, what we haven’t achieved yet, and where we’d like to go next.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
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Dr. Amy Edmondson, author of 'Teaming', 'The Fearless Organization', and 'Right Kind of Wrong', joins us to discuss the origin of psychological safety and how leaders can create organizations that learn!
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October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Dr. Amy Edmondson, author of 'Teaming', 'The Fearless Organization', and 'Right Kind of Wrong', joins us to discuss the origin of psychological safety and how leaders can create organizations that learn!
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
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What a fantastic week running our Advanced Instructor Course for our friends and former fellows at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine! The Boston course is only two weeks away, so don't miss your opportunity to transform your practice: harvardmedsim.org/course/advan...
October 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What a fantastic week running our Advanced Instructor Course for our friends and former fellows at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine! The Boston course is only two weeks away, so don't miss your opportunity to transform your practice: harvardmedsim.org/course/advan...
This week on Curious Now, Laura Rock and Janice Palaganas return to crack the code of team culture, map the blueprint underneath what we’re thinking in this chapter's final episode.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This week on Curious Now, Laura Rock and Janice Palaganas return to crack the code of team culture, map the blueprint underneath what we’re thinking in this chapter's final episode.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
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This week on Curious Now we’re introducing a tool to help us bring the approach of understanding why people did what they did, called the FAR or Frames, Actions, Results tool.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This week on Curious Now we’re introducing a tool to help us bring the approach of understanding why people did what they did, called the FAR or Frames, Actions, Results tool.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
How do healthcare teams around the world use simulation to get ready for everyday challenges? Join Chris Roussin and CMS-ALPS as we explore on "Dare to Be Ready" #hcsimweek25
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September 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
How do healthcare teams around the world use simulation to get ready for everyday challenges? Join Chris Roussin and CMS-ALPS as we explore on "Dare to Be Ready" #hcsimweek25
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
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Dare to Be Ready with Dr. Chris Roussin, founder of CMS-ALPS, the Center for Medical Simulation’s team and organization readiness consulting service!
Dare to Be Ready on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Dare to Be Ready on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
September 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Dare to Be Ready with Dr. Chris Roussin, founder of CMS-ALPS, the Center for Medical Simulation’s team and organization readiness consulting service!
Dare to Be Ready on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Dare to Be Ready on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Dare to Be Ready on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Name-Claim-Aim, The ABC’s of Teaming | SAEM SIMPosium, Sept 16 @ 1 pm:
At the SAEM SIMPosium, Dr. Lon Setnik shares practical, simulation-tested strategies to strengthen emergency team function.
At the SAEM SIMPosium, Dr. Lon Setnik shares practical, simulation-tested strategies to strengthen emergency team function.
September 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Name-Claim-Aim, The ABC’s of Teaming | SAEM SIMPosium, Sept 16 @ 1 pm:
At the SAEM SIMPosium, Dr. Lon Setnik shares practical, simulation-tested strategies to strengthen emergency team function.
At the SAEM SIMPosium, Dr. Lon Setnik shares practical, simulation-tested strategies to strengthen emergency team function.
Laura Rock, Janice Palaganas and Jenny explore where they are currently struggling in their practice of sharing their point of view clearly and then really inviting the other person’s perspective.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Laura Rock, Janice Palaganas and Jenny explore where they are currently struggling in their practice of sharing their point of view clearly and then really inviting the other person’s perspective.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Today we’re talking about transforming toxic culture, whether on your floor, in your unit, or in your department. How do we change unit culture via point of care conversations?
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September 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today we’re talking about transforming toxic culture, whether on your floor, in your unit, or in your department. How do we change unit culture via point of care conversations?
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
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CMS Executive Director Roxane Gardner will give the keynote "Be Ready to Team: Build Continuous Learning Pathways to Safer Care" on Sept. 4 at the 8th Latin American Congress on Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety in Bogotá, Colombia.
Learn more: www.flasic.org/congreso
Learn more: www.flasic.org/congreso
September 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
CMS Executive Director Roxane Gardner will give the keynote "Be Ready to Team: Build Continuous Learning Pathways to Safer Care" on Sept. 4 at the 8th Latin American Congress on Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety in Bogotá, Colombia.
Learn more: www.flasic.org/congreso
Learn more: www.flasic.org/congreso
Janice Palaganas and Laura Rock rejoin us to talk about their experiences of moving from mental rehearsal to actually asking the group, “What am I missing?”
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August 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Janice Palaganas and Laura Rock rejoin us to talk about their experiences of moving from mental rehearsal to actually asking the group, “What am I missing?”
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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This week on Curious Now, bring home the heart of this summer's work. Our workout of the week is a simple one: go from mental rehearsal to actual practice.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This week on Curious Now, bring home the heart of this summer's work. Our workout of the week is a simple one: go from mental rehearsal to actual practice.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Coming in September-- The "Dare to Be Ready" podcast with Chris Roussin! Join us and a series of rotating guests as we examine readiness challenges across a broad swath of healthcare settings, and work with experts to solve their team problems in real time.
August 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Coming in September-- The "Dare to Be Ready" podcast with Chris Roussin! Join us and a series of rotating guests as we examine readiness challenges across a broad swath of healthcare settings, and work with experts to solve their team problems in real time.
This week: Jenny, Laura, & Janice each share how they’ve struggled to be transparent & vulnerable in a conversation, to try to work towards a collaborative inquiry rather than mystery and defensiveness.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This week: Jenny, Laura, & Janice each share how they’ve struggled to be transparent & vulnerable in a conversation, to try to work towards a collaborative inquiry rather than mystery and defensiveness.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/72gzzWG...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...