For clinicians, educators and simulation technicians who use simulation as a teaching tool
This experiential multi-day course is taught by an interprofessional faculty and uses a predominantly experiential learning model including practice teaching with feedback and simulation activities, combined with other instructional techniques such as large and small group discussions and lectures. The course provides a strong foundation for the participants to understand how OR teams learn new behaviors; learn debriefing theory and tools; practice debriefing, and learn how to develop and run OR teamwork scenarios. Beyond simulation, participants will be able to use the debriefing skills and strategies developed during the course to improve teamwork and enhance performance in the real clinical environment. Attendees will be positioned to become champions for continued simulation training in their institutions and to strengthen the culture of safety in their operating rooms.
Program Objectives:
This course immerses participants in the deliberate practice of debriefing with skills acquired using Debriefing with Good Judgment©.
Topics include:
This course is sponsored by CRICO/RMF of the Harvard Medical Institutions. CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CRICO/RMF designates this live activity for a maximum of 26.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses, Midwives, and other healthcare providers will receive a “Certificate of Attendance” with credit hours that may be converted to CEs or CEUs. Massachusetts-licensed nurses can find information about converting CME to CEU at this Mass.gov site. Nurses from other states should check with their respective State Board or credentialing body for guidance on this process.
We suggest that you apply for this course as part of an interprofessional team. That being said, we are aware of the challenges involved in getting team members out of the O.R. for a multi-day course, therefore we welcome partial teams and individual registrations.
If applying as part of a team please include team name (e.g. institution) and team leader name on the application.
To apply for this course, you must:
Fill out the online application form, then email the following two documents to Paul Montgomery:
Payment and Pricing Questions:
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You will be informed of acceptance to your selected course/workshop by email within two weeks of our receiving your completed application. Your tuition is due immediately upon acceptance. Once accepted you will receive another email containing an invoice with payment instructions. Please note that acceptance does not mean enrollment. Once accepted, you are placed on a wait list. You are not enrolled, and do not have a reserved seat, until we have received your full tuition.
Course seats are filled in the order we receive tuition payments. Since our courses fill quickly it is important for you to send in your tuition immediately to secure a seat. Once your tuition payment is received, you will be taken off the wait list and enrolled in your desired course/workshop provided a seat is still available. If all seats in your preferred course/workshop are filled by the time we receive your tuition payment, you will be informed that it is full and given the option to remain on the wait list in the event that a seat later becomes available, switch to another course at a later date with available seats or receive a refund.
The Center for Medical Simulation accepts payment by credit card, wire transfer, money order or cashier’s check in U.S. dollars. Personal checks are not accepted. You will be receiving an invoice via email from Rhonda Young. Your payment is due immediately upon receipt. If you would like to pay by credit card there is a link in your invoice that you can click on, or paste into a browser, that will take you to a page on our website where you can make your payment. If would like to make payment by any other method please contact Rhonda Young.
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If you must cancel we will refund your tuition less a $250 processing fee provided another paid candidate is able to fill your seat. Otherwise, you will forfeit half your tuition.
If you would like to switch to a course offered at a different date, we will apply your tuition toward the new course provided another paid candidate is able to fill your current seat. Otherwise, you will forfeit half your tuition. If you still want to switch to another course date we will apply half of your paid tuition and you will be billed for the remaining half. Please note that the tuition for a course offered at a later date may be higher. In that case, individuals switching to the later course date will need to pay the difference in the tuition fees.