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Stories from past fellows at the Center for Medical Simulation! Learn more about the CMS Fellowship program: harvardmedsim.org/simulation…

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/podcas… #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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/podcas…

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/adv…

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/imp… The study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3423… #HCSimWeek26

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/sim… #HCSimWeek26 #healthcaresimulation #meded #nursing

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/sim… #HCSimWeek26 #healthcaresimulation

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/moc… #HealthcareSimulationWeek2026 #MedEd #HCSimWeek26

Varying the narration that accompanies a situation can change the physiological way that learners experience it: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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/… #crisismanagement #simulation #healthcare

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/podcas… #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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

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/podcas… #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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/sim…

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: harvardmedsim.org/course/sim… #healthcaresimulation #leadership

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/podcas… #healthcaresimulation #nursing #medicine #debriefing #psychsafety

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/

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/podcas…

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.