In this episode, Lawrence and Tony lose their cool and vent about the things in simulation that really get on their nerves! No one is safe as the pair of moaning minnie's complain about everything from faulty kit, to using simulation to try and fix all of the world's problems...

This week the SimCast team are joined by Kate Denning and Kevin Mackie who are talking about changes to the Generic Instructor Course (GIC), an internationally renowned programme for developing instructors for life support training across a wide range of sub-specialisms.

In the episode the panel discuss some of the main changes made to the GIC, as well as things that needed to stay and some of the challenges faced along the way. They look at the underpinning educational principles, a shift towards learner centric facilitation and how the model needs to be replicated at scale whilst still retaining high quality at all times.

If you're a life support provider or instructor you won't want to miss this episode!

The last in our 4-part mini series of top 5's based around the UEA SITE model sees Lawrence and Tony discuss their top 5 equipment choices for simulation. Some choices are obvious, others not so much. Stay tuned to see what clinches the number 1 spot for each of our presenters.

Tony and Lawrence work through another top 5, this week concentrating on the people behind simulation with their top 5 team members. The duo look at their list slightly differently which makes one of them reconsider their choices...

Tony and Lawrence dive into another of their top 5 series where the duo look at their top 5 pieces of sim information needed to ensure sim activity remains top notch.

As usual the rules of engagement are neither person knows the other person's top 5, so stay tuned to see what they have picked.

In this episode Lawrence and Tony are Joined by Dr. Rosie Doy. The trio discuss Rosie's EdD thesis - Messiness and complexity: A case study exploring student parameidcs voayages into navigating uncertainty and look at the parrelells of Rosie's findings and its applicaiton to simulaiton. True to form, messiness rears its ugly head in the episode so stay tuned to find out what happened...

In this episode Tony and Lawrence discuss their top 5 settitngs to do simulaiton in. Watch out for the odd curve ball thrown in for good measure...

What would be your top 5? Let us know...

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Warning - This episode contains simulated graphic wounds and discussion about trauma that some viewers may find disturbing. 🎃

In this episode, Lawrence and Tony and joined by Barbara and Olaf Jones who run a moulage and special FX company that specialises in traumatic injury for simulation training and film. The couple tell us about how and why they do the work that they do, brushing shoulders with A list celebrities on hollywood film sets and give us a live demonstration of how to create realistic wounds in under ten minutes. This is a must watch episode for anyone who is interested in upping the visual impact of their simulation activity!

If you are interested in working with Barbara and Olaf, their contact details are below:

barbaraajones17@gmail.com

The list below is some of the moulage materials that have been discussed in this episode:

- Ben Nye colour wheel (Bruises and abraisions) - https://tinyurl.com/3byeky2d
- Smiffys FX face paint - https://tinyurl.com/2efk27w2
- Sculpt Gel Silicone - https://tinyurl.com/4uryh8kx
- Maekup gloopy runny blood (dark) - https://tinyurl.com/6n9mk8f7
- Ben Nye thick blood - https://tinyurl.com/55ed6s9m
- Mouldlife's arterial blood - https://tinyurl.com/yeyukupr