Center for Medical Simulation (CMS)

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Workout of the week: Identify and name a part of yourself that keeps popping up regularly.

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"This really was a fantastic course. Highly recommend for anyone doing education activities."

Our February Healthcare Simulation Essentials course is off and running! harvardmedsim.org/calendar/

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The Post-IMSH Recap: CMS Highlights Miss us at IMSH 2026 in San Antonio, Texas? See the highlights including video podcasts and more here!

Miss out on this year's 26 CMS workshops, live video podcasts, or just seeing simulation friends at #IMSH2026? Here are some highlights from the CMS team: harvardmedsim.org/blog/the-pos...

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A common dilemma—you can see something that you know can be better, but you’re struggling with how to say that to the person doing it without damaging your relationship. Why does it keep happening?

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Ready to get to Boston? Our first 2026 in-person HSE is coming March 2nd: harvardmedsim.org/course/healt...

Upcoming courses:
February 2-6: Healthcare Simulation Essentials (Online)
February 9, 26: Anesthesia Faculty CRM/MOCA Clinical Courses

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This week on Curious Now: we’re joined by Walter Eppich to talk about how learning happens in conversations.

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A Model for Competency-Based Education and Faculty Coaching at a State Level Nursing School Maine is known for the richness and diversity of its ecosystems—spanning coastal regions, boreal forests, and vast inland waterways. This same diversity is reflected in its people and communities, fro...

A Model for Competency-Based Education and Faculty Coaching at a State Level Nursing School: harvardmedsim.org/blog/a-model...

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Our final online Healthcare Simulation Essentials course until December is February 2-6! There are still seats available in this travel free online course.

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Agency is the Power to Act | CMS Book Club Live at #IMSH2026

Roxane Gardner and Grace Ng react to Shawn Kanungo’s keynote talk on innovation at #IMSH2026.

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Thanks to everyone who came by the booth, especially the CMS Advanced Instructor Course alumni crew during our live CMS Book Club!

We look forward every year to reconnecting with our friends in the simulation world at #IMSH2026 and continuing to grow together.

Tuesday afternoon workshop recommendations at #IMSH2026:

2:45 - 3:45 | Debriefing Doesn’t Always Work! Know when to teach, coach, or debrief
Location: 225B

4:00-5:00 | Effective Use of Extended Reality in Healthcare Simulation with Roxane Gardner, Jenny Rudolph
Location: 225A

Tuesday morning CMS faculty workshops at #IMSH2026!

See the full list: harvardmedsim.org/blog/cms-wor...

We recommend the new workshop on how to safely facilitate emotionally distressing simulation scenarios.

Change Comes from Curiosity and Caring | Curious Now Live at #IMSH2026

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Two big CMS workshops in the Monday Afternoon 2:45-3:45 slot!

Readiness Planning: Bridging the Gap between Simulation and Frontline Healthcare with Chris Roussin, Grace Ng, Roxane Gardner, and more!

Psych Safety First Aid: with Jenny Rudolph and more!

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CMS Workshops at IMSH 2026! Join CMS at IMSH! Our Senior Directors, Principal Faculty and Adjunct Faculty are participating in a huge number of workshops this year, including pre-conference workshop intensives. Be aware that the...

Monday early afternoon CMS faculty workshops at #IMSH2026 | 1:30-2:30

The Trial of AI: The People vs. Artificial Intelligence--304A

Teaching Unbound: Lessons in Practice, Teamwork, and Growth from Mr. Miyagi and Coach Lasso--Lila Cockrell Theater

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Late morning CMS faculty sessions at #IMSH2026!

11:00AM-12:00PM:
How Does AI Understand Us? Prompt Design for Healthcare Simulation

Simulation Fellow Shark Tank: Real Problems, Real Pitches, Real Solutions

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Personal Leadership Coaching with Jenny Rudolph Stop struggling: Learn to lead with Good Judgment in everyday life. Instead of feeling lost in the thicket of demands on your time, reclaim your clarity, energy and direction. Navigate uncertainty lik...

At the CMS Alumni Reception at #IMSH2026 Sunday night, we were pleased to share our new Personal Leadership Coaching service with our friends and colleagues-- read more about it here!

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CMS faculty's workshops on Monday morning! (Get ready, because it's a lot of them! See the full schedule here: harvardmedsim.org/blog/cms-wor...)

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Ready to Work Creatively Whether Our Organization Likes It Or Not | Dare to Be Ready Live at #IMSH2026 |

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CMS is on-site at #IMSH2026! Check out our workshop schedule: harvardmedsim.org/blog/cms-wor...

Stop by Booth #445 from 1:00-1:30 to see Chris Roussin record the Dare to Be Ready podcast live!

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New video from CMS | Grand Rounds: The Advocacy Inquiry Rubric (AIR), a Standard to Build Debriefing and Feedback Skills

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As we prepare our travel to #IMSH2026, the Center for Medical Simulation is pleased to announce the launch of our Personal Leadership Coaching service! harvardmedsim.org/blog/announc...

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New year, new courses at CMS! We have a number of upcoming anesthesia clinical courses for residents and faculty in January, as well as an upcoming DASH Rater Training workshop.

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The CMS Justification Toolkit The CMS faculty team has developed a toolkit to aid learner presentations to administration for Professional Development funding. Download...

CMS is pleased to introduce the CMS Justification Toolkit, a suite of templates, letters, and guides to help you succeed in making requests for education funding to your organization's administration: harvardmedsim.org/blog/the-cms...

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Jenny and James discuss how organizations, can have hidden or implicit standards that are not spoken aloud. We look at how a tool like the new Advocacy Inquiry Rubric, or AIR...

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This week on Curious Now, we’re joined by an expert in the exploration phase of debriefing to help us better understand the “listen and explore” region of PAAIL.

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Introducing the Advocacy-Inquiry Rubric (AIR)! The Center for Medical Simulation introduces the Advocacy–Inquiry Rubric (AIR), a new evidence-based framework designed to make feedback and debriefing conversations in the OR, at the bedside, and in ...

New Publication from CMS: The Advocacy-Inquiry Rubric! Just published in Advances in Simulation, the AIR is a rater tool to evaluate and provide useful feedback on questions in debriefing and feedback conversations.

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Tackling Training Barriers in Maternity, Emergency Department, and Intensive Care We're tackling training barriers in maternity, the Emergency department, and intensive care—discover how simulation can drive better outcomes and team engagement.

Miss last week's webinar "Tackling Training Barriers in Maternity, Emergency Department, and Intensive Care" featuring Roxane Gardner and Lon Setnik? It's now available as a video on-demand from Laerdal and SSH.

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"Highly effective... very involved, fruitful, yet never rushed." And with the close of today's Healthcare Simulation Essentials, that's a wrap on our courses for 2025!

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Debriefings are often delayed and diminished by questions the asker already knows the answer to. “Wouldn’t it have been better to give epinephrine faster?”

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