confessing my sims: how to avoid my stupid mistakes in developing a simulation centre randy wax, md,...
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Confessing my Sims: How to avoid my stupid mistakes in developing a simulation centre
Randy Wax, MD, MEd, FRCPCMedical Director, Program for Resuscitation Education and Patient Safety
(PREPS)Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor, Critical Care, University of Toronto
Mistake #1
• I thought a mannequin was enough…
Mistake #2
• I was homeless…
Mistake #3
• Born with the wrong name…
Mistake #4
• I was selfish and wouldn’t share…
Mistake #5
• I was looking for love/money in all the wrong places…
Mistake #6
• I bit off more than I could chew…
Mistake #7
• I was a king, but a lonely king…
Mistake #8
• I was too money focused, and ignored “fair trade” principles…
Mistake #9
• I was a cheapskate…
Mistake #10
• I wasted money…
Mistake #11
• I was shortsighted…
Mistake #12
• I couldn’t see the forest for the trees…
Mistake #13
• I cried and whined about lack of equipment to support my simulation sessions…
Mistake #14
• I faked too much, and I faked too little…
Mistake #15
• I reinvented the wheel…
Mistake #16
• I was possessed of hollow pride…
Mistake #17
• I was hiding in a cave, away from society…
Mistake #18
• I was overly reliant on the kindness of strangers…
Mistake #19
• I wanted the mountain to come to me…
Mistake #20
• I falsely accused industry of evil…
Mistake #21
• I mistakenly thought that health care providers are bad actors and can’t work together…
Disclaimer
• It really wasn’t as bad as it might sound
• No simulators were harmed in the making of this presentation
• You can avoid my mistakes and achieve success faster and easier