Ten Years Experiences of Evidence-Based Simulation Education from International Journal Club

Abstract

Since November 2011, monthly International Journal Club (IJC) has been a unique, online faculty-moderated forum for international simulation fellows to present and discuss peer reviewed simulation-based healthcare education articles. Non-native English fellows at the SimTiki Simulation Center University of Hawaiʻi and the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (WISER) University of Pittsburgh selected and reviewed articles for presentation and discussion with participants in an English language academic setting, and a safe space for moderated discussion. Simulation educators from around the Pacific Rim joined as participants and discussants. Monthly IJC agenda, presenting fellows and selected journal articles were recorded in the online data management system, Simulation Information Management System (SIMS® UPMC), used by the two fellowship simulation centers. IJC initially used the GoToMeeting webinar platform (LogMeIn Inc., Boston, MA) and transitioned to Zoom online conference software (Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA). Presenters provide a 15 minutes slide presentation followed by 30 minutes of discussion. The PICO framework of the presented articles guides discussion. Facilitated discussion following presentation is open to all online attendees.