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You're at the Hyatt Regency Chicago 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:06,000 immersed in insightful discussions with the health care 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,459 industry's top leaders. 4 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:10,580 Welcome to Becker's 12th annual CEO 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,740 and CFO roundtable from November 11th to 14th 6 00:00:15,134 --> 00:00:15,634 2024. 7 00:00:16,175 --> 00:00:19,315 Picture yourself networking with over a 1000 executive 8 00:00:19,454 --> 00:00:20,275 level attendees, 9 00:00:20,734 --> 00:00:23,795 collecting business cards, and forging valuable connections. 10 00:00:24,255 --> 00:00:26,654 Feel the excitement as you engage in 4 11 00:00:26,654 --> 00:00:28,675 days of sessions featuring 400 12 00:00:29,135 --> 00:00:30,870 elite health system speakers. 13 00:00:31,429 --> 00:00:35,049 Envision yourself diving deep into critical topics like 14 00:00:35,109 --> 00:00:37,450 rural health care, digital transformation, 15 00:00:38,070 --> 00:00:40,409 health equity, and c suite diversity. 16 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:44,729 Now imagine being inspired by our celebrity keynotes, 17 00:00:45,195 --> 00:00:48,234 pro football hall of famers Troy Aikman and 18 00:00:48,234 --> 00:00:52,075 Emmett Smith, 43rd president George w Bush, and 19 00:00:52,075 --> 00:00:55,435 author and journalist Jenna Bush Hager. 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I'm so 34 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:31,930 for this conversation because what a fun initiative 35 00:01:32,149 --> 00:01:34,789 The Sims Wars is. So I can't wait 36 00:01:34,789 --> 00:01:36,869 to get into everything you're doing there. But 37 00:01:36,869 --> 00:01:38,869 before we dive in, I'm gonna turn it 38 00:01:38,869 --> 00:01:40,709 over to you to introduce yourself and tell 39 00:01:40,709 --> 00:01:42,329 us a little bit more about your background. 40 00:01:43,384 --> 00:01:45,224 Thank you so much, Mariah. My name is 41 00:01:45,224 --> 00:01:47,805 Whitney Smith, as you said. You so eloquently 42 00:01:47,864 --> 00:01:49,884 introduced me and I appreciate that. 43 00:01:50,265 --> 00:01:52,424 Happy to be here to talk about just 44 00:01:52,424 --> 00:01:54,504 one of the many initiatives that we have 45 00:01:54,504 --> 00:01:56,364 going on at Children's Hospital Colorado 46 00:01:56,980 --> 00:01:59,379 to increase the engagement of our staff, to 47 00:01:59,379 --> 00:02:01,219 celebrate all of the hard work that they 48 00:02:01,219 --> 00:02:02,280 constantly do, 49 00:02:02,659 --> 00:02:05,060 to be prepared for the patients that they 50 00:02:05,060 --> 00:02:06,840 take care of on a daily basis. 51 00:02:07,459 --> 00:02:09,860 And, I I'm just really glad glad to 52 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:11,879 be here and to celebrate our staff. 53 00:02:13,594 --> 00:02:14,094 Amazing. 54 00:02:14,875 --> 00:02:16,414 Let's dive into 55 00:02:16,794 --> 00:02:18,634 what are the sim wars. Can you tell 56 00:02:18,634 --> 00:02:20,794 me a little bit about what happens at 57 00:02:20,794 --> 00:02:22,735 these events and who participates? 58 00:02:23,754 --> 00:02:26,094 Happy to. So my first sim wars 59 00:02:26,730 --> 00:02:28,349 was in 2017. 60 00:02:28,810 --> 00:02:31,310 I actually saw something like this 61 00:02:31,689 --> 00:02:33,870 at a conference at the International 62 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:36,669 Healthcare Simulation 63 00:02:37,689 --> 00:02:40,735 Conference in Los Angeles. And it was a 64 00:02:40,735 --> 00:02:42,834 demonstration of how sim wars 65 00:02:43,294 --> 00:02:44,914 can be used to, 66 00:02:45,775 --> 00:02:46,834 have a competition 67 00:02:47,134 --> 00:02:49,134 but also have a little bit of an 68 00:02:49,134 --> 00:02:49,634 edutainment 69 00:02:49,935 --> 00:02:51,854 is what they use. And we sort of 70 00:02:51,854 --> 00:02:52,594 stole that 71 00:02:52,974 --> 00:02:54,194 term from the 72 00:02:54,849 --> 00:02:57,489 first people that did this. And we modeled 73 00:02:57,489 --> 00:02:58,949 this after something 74 00:02:59,409 --> 00:03:00,789 that Doctor. Haru 75 00:03:01,169 --> 00:03:03,889 Okuda did and some of his colleagues. He 76 00:03:03,889 --> 00:03:06,469 actually published a book on how to incorporate 77 00:03:06,689 --> 00:03:07,430 sim wars 78 00:03:08,105 --> 00:03:12,585 in mostly residential or residents, pediatric residents, emergency 79 00:03:12,585 --> 00:03:14,444 residents, that sort of thing in the academic 80 00:03:14,585 --> 00:03:15,085 center 81 00:03:15,385 --> 00:03:17,465 where they could hone in on their, their 82 00:03:17,465 --> 00:03:20,185 simulation skills in a competitive environment and make 83 00:03:20,185 --> 00:03:22,090 it fun at the same time. But we 84 00:03:22,090 --> 00:03:23,849 thought we could take this to a whole 85 00:03:23,849 --> 00:03:25,389 new level at Children's Colorado 86 00:03:25,689 --> 00:03:26,189 and 87 00:03:26,569 --> 00:03:27,550 we incorporated, 88 00:03:28,810 --> 00:03:31,310 themes and costumes, children's friendly 89 00:03:31,930 --> 00:03:32,430 type, 90 00:03:33,290 --> 00:03:35,710 themes. In fact, this year we actually did 91 00:03:36,135 --> 00:03:38,615 fairy tales and it it really allows our 92 00:03:38,615 --> 00:03:41,495 teams to be creative and innovative in how 93 00:03:41,495 --> 00:03:42,235 they're approaching 94 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:44,235 teamwork and, 95 00:03:45,094 --> 00:03:47,275 creativity when they're bringing it to the stage. 96 00:03:47,574 --> 00:03:49,014 So it's a lot of fun. So we 97 00:03:49,014 --> 00:03:50,780 thought, you know, there's so many things that 98 00:03:50,780 --> 00:03:52,879 we could do with this as an organization. 99 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:56,460 And originally we wanted to use this to 100 00:03:56,460 --> 00:03:57,919 socialize our program. 101 00:03:58,379 --> 00:04:00,939 So many of us know that simulation is 102 00:04:00,939 --> 00:04:03,439 a valuable tool and it has a very 103 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:05,360 direct impact on 104 00:04:05,844 --> 00:04:08,745 improving our patient outcomes. In fact, it translates 105 00:04:09,045 --> 00:04:09,545 directly 106 00:04:10,165 --> 00:04:12,265 what we see at the clinical level, 107 00:04:12,724 --> 00:04:14,885 but how can we make sure that on 108 00:04:14,885 --> 00:04:15,705 an organizational 109 00:04:16,004 --> 00:04:16,504 level, 110 00:04:17,045 --> 00:04:17,865 our executives, 111 00:04:18,485 --> 00:04:18,985 our, 112 00:04:19,339 --> 00:04:21,439 our team members that may not have 113 00:04:21,899 --> 00:04:22,399 access, 114 00:04:23,019 --> 00:04:25,339 maybe we're spread out because we're at a, 115 00:04:25,339 --> 00:04:28,300 a very small center within Children's Colorado. Maybe 116 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:30,459 they just don't know all of the different 117 00:04:30,459 --> 00:04:32,539 things that simulation can offer them to help 118 00:04:32,539 --> 00:04:33,759 improve patient care. 119 00:04:34,125 --> 00:04:36,845 So that was the original intent to, to 120 00:04:36,845 --> 00:04:37,985 bring people together 121 00:04:38,764 --> 00:04:41,004 to highlight some of the great work that 122 00:04:41,004 --> 00:04:43,904 our team members are already doing and preparing 123 00:04:43,964 --> 00:04:45,485 all throughout the year to do a good 124 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:47,884 job with patient care. How can we do 125 00:04:47,884 --> 00:04:50,350 that even better? And so we brought people 126 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:52,290 together. We made it an event 127 00:04:52,750 --> 00:04:55,069 and we wanted it to be fun. We 128 00:04:55,069 --> 00:04:55,970 wanted to 129 00:04:56,350 --> 00:04:57,330 encourage innovation 130 00:04:57,870 --> 00:04:58,689 and creativity, 131 00:04:59,230 --> 00:05:01,310 and we wanted to to celebrate and have 132 00:05:01,310 --> 00:05:03,170 an opportunity for people to, 133 00:05:04,354 --> 00:05:05,735 just to relax, 134 00:05:06,115 --> 00:05:07,254 laugh, be 135 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:10,675 together for once. It's just been a very 136 00:05:10,675 --> 00:05:14,115 difficult post pandemic for all of our team 137 00:05:14,115 --> 00:05:16,115 members in healthcare. And we thought this could 138 00:05:16,115 --> 00:05:18,269 be a great celebration of what we're we're 139 00:05:18,269 --> 00:05:20,509 doing so well. And it turned into so 140 00:05:20,509 --> 00:05:21,649 much more than that. 141 00:05:22,110 --> 00:05:23,889 We are using it now to 142 00:05:24,430 --> 00:05:26,050 increase our program recognition, 143 00:05:26,829 --> 00:05:27,569 the recognition 144 00:05:28,750 --> 00:05:30,370 of our program in the hospital. 145 00:05:30,975 --> 00:05:34,115 We're even seeing that our team members are, 146 00:05:35,214 --> 00:05:37,855 getting even more engaged early on all throughout 147 00:05:37,855 --> 00:05:39,935 the year because they're looking forward to this 148 00:05:39,935 --> 00:05:40,435 event. 149 00:05:41,214 --> 00:05:43,955 And, we're seeing just a really high level 150 00:05:44,430 --> 00:05:46,830 increase in our organizational support. And it's been 151 00:05:46,830 --> 00:05:48,290 very surprising. We 152 00:05:48,750 --> 00:05:50,290 are using this to 153 00:05:50,670 --> 00:05:53,009 really look at all of these different tangible 154 00:05:53,149 --> 00:05:54,689 and intangible benefits 155 00:05:55,069 --> 00:05:56,610 that an event like this 156 00:05:56,964 --> 00:05:59,604 could have for a simulation program and also 157 00:05:59,604 --> 00:06:00,584 for the organization. 158 00:06:02,245 --> 00:06:02,745 Amazing. 159 00:06:03,285 --> 00:06:06,104 Now if I understand correctly, you just completed 160 00:06:06,324 --> 00:06:08,264 this year's SIM wars. Correct? 161 00:06:08,899 --> 00:06:11,060 That is right. This was our 3rd event 162 00:06:11,060 --> 00:06:14,360 that we've we've hosted and it just went 163 00:06:14,819 --> 00:06:17,319 smashingly. We had an auditorium 164 00:06:17,699 --> 00:06:18,600 full of 165 00:06:18,980 --> 00:06:22,845 team members, members from our wonderful foundation and 166 00:06:22,845 --> 00:06:25,485 our donors. We had members from the quality 167 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:27,485 board. We even had the president of our 168 00:06:27,485 --> 00:06:27,985 hospital 169 00:06:28,365 --> 00:06:30,944 serve as one of our actors and our 170 00:06:31,004 --> 00:06:31,504 CMO 171 00:06:31,884 --> 00:06:33,585 and CNO. It's just 172 00:06:33,919 --> 00:06:34,740 it's been, 173 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,019 very, very rewarding to see everybody come together. 174 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,959 And there's goosebumps had by all. I promise 175 00:06:40,959 --> 00:06:41,459 you. 176 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,319 And I understand that, there's teams in these 177 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:47,839 Sims events, and there's some kind of a 178 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:49,454 prize they can win. So can you talk 179 00:06:49,454 --> 00:06:50,754 a little bit more about 180 00:06:51,055 --> 00:06:52,914 what like, how that functioned 181 00:06:53,615 --> 00:06:55,154 and what that prize was? 182 00:06:55,854 --> 00:06:57,235 I sure can. So 183 00:06:57,615 --> 00:07:00,574 this event that we that we host is 184 00:07:00,574 --> 00:07:02,574 approximately an hour and a half long. So 185 00:07:02,574 --> 00:07:04,435 we had to really think hard about 186 00:07:04,789 --> 00:07:06,970 the number of teams that could compete. 187 00:07:07,509 --> 00:07:09,509 And we weren't quite sure how that was 188 00:07:09,509 --> 00:07:11,509 going to happen when we first pulled off 189 00:07:11,509 --> 00:07:12,949 this event when we did it for the 190 00:07:12,949 --> 00:07:14,009 first time in 2019. 191 00:07:14,870 --> 00:07:17,370 But it's worked out really well. And initially 192 00:07:17,589 --> 00:07:20,089 it was our critical care teams from 193 00:07:20,705 --> 00:07:24,085 our pediatric intensive care, our cardiac intensive care. 194 00:07:24,625 --> 00:07:27,264 We had members from our emergency department and 195 00:07:27,264 --> 00:07:29,045 our pediatric emergency department. 196 00:07:29,745 --> 00:07:30,145 And, 197 00:07:31,185 --> 00:07:33,605 our flight team was also highlighted 198 00:07:33,985 --> 00:07:34,485 originally. 199 00:07:34,979 --> 00:07:37,779 And this year it's grown even more to 200 00:07:37,779 --> 00:07:40,259 include people that haven't done simulation on an 201 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:41,160 organized level 202 00:07:41,699 --> 00:07:44,180 that we knew about until now. And that 203 00:07:44,180 --> 00:07:46,899 was our neonatal intensive cares. And so we 204 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:47,399 had 205 00:07:47,704 --> 00:07:49,944 our neonatal intensive care from our Ann Chutes 206 00:07:49,944 --> 00:07:50,845 Medical Campus 207 00:07:51,305 --> 00:07:53,865 and we had representatives from our neonatal intensive 208 00:07:53,865 --> 00:07:56,824 care at our Colorado Springs Campus. And this 209 00:07:56,824 --> 00:07:58,845 was really huge for us because 210 00:07:59,225 --> 00:08:01,004 we really wanted to use this, 211 00:08:01,339 --> 00:08:03,759 as I said before, to socialize the program 212 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:07,199 but also to improve and increase the access 213 00:08:07,259 --> 00:08:10,939 all throughout the organization. So Colorado Springs is 214 00:08:10,939 --> 00:08:13,660 part of our organization but it's 45 minutes 215 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:17,074 away from the Denver metro area. And it's 216 00:08:17,074 --> 00:08:18,214 always been a challenge 217 00:08:18,675 --> 00:08:20,535 in anything you do to make sure 218 00:08:21,074 --> 00:08:24,055 different areas are included. So this was monumental 219 00:08:24,194 --> 00:08:26,774 for us. So this year in 20, 220 00:08:27,919 --> 00:08:29,379 24, our organization 221 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,480 had or our sim wars had representatives from 222 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,419 the CICU as I said before, 223 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:37,600 the PICU who was our returning champions this 224 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,100 year 225 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,085 and 2 of our neonatal intensive care units. 226 00:08:42,085 --> 00:08:43,845 And so that was really great and it 227 00:08:43,845 --> 00:08:44,985 worked out great because 228 00:08:45,684 --> 00:08:46,904 our guest moderator 229 00:08:47,205 --> 00:08:48,664 was, a neonatologist 230 00:08:49,205 --> 00:08:52,904 herself from immersive designs from Boston Children's Hospital, 231 00:08:53,044 --> 00:08:55,605 Doctor. Jennifer Arnold, and she was our guest 232 00:08:55,605 --> 00:08:58,700 moderator who just helped keep the party going. 233 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:00,779 And as a simulationist herself, 234 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,759 she understood how important it was that simulation 235 00:09:04,759 --> 00:09:07,399 was really highlighted as an impactful tool for 236 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:10,059 clinical education and for patient outcomes improvement. 237 00:09:11,335 --> 00:09:13,095 Amazing. Let's dive a little bit more into 238 00:09:13,095 --> 00:09:14,855 that. What are some of the patient and 239 00:09:14,855 --> 00:09:16,554 staff outcomes from this event? 240 00:09:17,254 --> 00:09:17,654 This, 241 00:09:18,215 --> 00:09:20,294 this is a great question and it's something 242 00:09:20,294 --> 00:09:23,014 that I I love to highlight for people 243 00:09:23,014 --> 00:09:24,154 who may not understand 244 00:09:24,615 --> 00:09:26,235 that it's more than just 245 00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:29,460 an event where people are having fun. So 246 00:09:29,460 --> 00:09:31,879 I mentioned before the intangible and the tangible. 247 00:09:32,420 --> 00:09:35,559 Right off the bat, the, team member engagement 248 00:09:35,779 --> 00:09:37,000 was one of the biggest, 249 00:09:38,179 --> 00:09:40,454 things that we could measure. We went from 250 00:09:40,454 --> 00:09:41,514 maybe 75 251 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:43,355 people filling our auditorium 252 00:09:44,054 --> 00:09:45,274 to over 250 253 00:09:46,534 --> 00:09:49,674 people attending this event in person and also 254 00:09:49,735 --> 00:09:51,274 virtually. So a virtual 255 00:09:52,230 --> 00:09:54,789 option for folks who are all throughout the 256 00:09:54,789 --> 00:09:56,009 region in our organization 257 00:09:57,110 --> 00:09:59,610 was pretty key to make this successful. 258 00:10:00,309 --> 00:10:00,709 And, 259 00:10:01,190 --> 00:10:02,649 having the increased engagement 260 00:10:03,830 --> 00:10:05,370 showed itself in different 261 00:10:05,785 --> 00:10:08,365 ways following the event. So we had, people 262 00:10:09,625 --> 00:10:12,424 communicating to me following the event, wanting to 263 00:10:12,424 --> 00:10:15,165 get involved, folks who are part of multidisciplinary 264 00:10:15,785 --> 00:10:16,285 team 265 00:10:16,665 --> 00:10:19,165 that really want to use simulation to improve 266 00:10:19,225 --> 00:10:21,090 what they're doing as a team and to 267 00:10:21,090 --> 00:10:22,470 help their patient outcomes. 268 00:10:23,169 --> 00:10:25,590 For example, I was contacted for 269 00:10:26,049 --> 00:10:26,950 more simulation, 270 00:10:28,210 --> 00:10:28,710 experience 271 00:10:29,809 --> 00:10:31,350 for our south campus, 272 00:10:31,889 --> 00:10:33,029 our north campus, 273 00:10:33,664 --> 00:10:34,324 our perioperative 274 00:10:34,704 --> 00:10:36,404 environment, this is huge because, 275 00:10:37,105 --> 00:10:38,464 this is groups that, 276 00:10:38,865 --> 00:10:39,365 really 277 00:10:40,144 --> 00:10:42,704 love simulation and they value simulation, but they 278 00:10:42,704 --> 00:10:44,304 just really didn't know how to go about 279 00:10:44,304 --> 00:10:45,985 doing it in an organized way. So that 280 00:10:45,985 --> 00:10:46,725 was great. 281 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,879 The very first year that we did this 282 00:10:49,879 --> 00:10:52,600 when we had someone in the audience from 283 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:53,339 our foundation, 284 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,320 just by chance someone was there. And it 285 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,720 resulted after a few more meetings in a 286 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:00,220 $550,000 287 00:11:01,975 --> 00:11:03,975 grant from the from a donor through our 288 00:11:03,975 --> 00:11:06,554 foundation, through the Society 2221 Society. 289 00:11:07,254 --> 00:11:11,095 And, that went so far into helping expand 290 00:11:11,095 --> 00:11:11,835 our program 291 00:11:12,375 --> 00:11:14,394 and it has really helped us, 292 00:11:15,580 --> 00:11:17,039 pave the way for 293 00:11:17,340 --> 00:11:18,240 looking into 294 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:21,899 expanding our physical center where we're looking now 295 00:11:21,899 --> 00:11:22,399 into, 296 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:25,840 having a new learning center built and designed, 297 00:11:26,220 --> 00:11:28,000 which is helping our whole program 298 00:11:28,804 --> 00:11:30,745 itself in expanding. So, 299 00:11:31,365 --> 00:11:33,284 as our program expands, we know that we 300 00:11:33,284 --> 00:11:34,345 need a more 301 00:11:34,964 --> 00:11:37,764 physical capacity to expand with that, and that 302 00:11:37,764 --> 00:11:39,065 just led right into 303 00:11:39,445 --> 00:11:41,764 the pathway that we're looking at. So that 304 00:11:41,764 --> 00:11:42,825 was really exciting. 305 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,000 The engagement from our C suite. So that's 306 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,160 kind of a big thing too because one 307 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:49,620 of the things that socializing 308 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,120 our program has led to is an increased 309 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,460 partnership in patient safety initiatives 310 00:11:55,919 --> 00:11:58,580 where we're doing more operational readiness simulations 311 00:11:59,495 --> 00:12:02,774 and, in situ simulations where we're doing simulations 312 00:12:02,774 --> 00:12:04,154 in the clinical environment. 313 00:12:04,934 --> 00:12:05,334 And, 314 00:12:05,815 --> 00:12:08,615 just having people know that the simulation program 315 00:12:08,615 --> 00:12:09,115 exists 316 00:12:09,735 --> 00:12:12,455 leads directly to some of those projects where 317 00:12:12,455 --> 00:12:13,115 if there's 318 00:12:13,580 --> 00:12:15,440 new, program expansions 319 00:12:16,059 --> 00:12:17,200 throughout the organization 320 00:12:17,660 --> 00:12:18,160 or 321 00:12:18,620 --> 00:12:19,840 if there's new 322 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:22,960 process and policies that are being implemented, 323 00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:26,059 people now know about us not just because 324 00:12:26,059 --> 00:12:26,799 of simulation 325 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:30,444 and sym wars, but because somebody might have 326 00:12:30,444 --> 00:12:33,644 known someone that attended sym wars and they 327 00:12:33,644 --> 00:12:36,684 knew about our program because we do highlight 328 00:12:36,684 --> 00:12:37,504 some of those, 329 00:12:38,605 --> 00:12:40,764 initiatives that we're doing during sym wars. So 330 00:12:40,764 --> 00:12:42,764 it's sort of like a PR event for 331 00:12:42,764 --> 00:12:44,820 us really. And that's what we use this, 332 00:12:44,980 --> 00:12:47,860 use this for in the end is really 333 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:50,580 highlighting those patient safety initiatives that can be 334 00:12:50,580 --> 00:12:51,080 impacted 335 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:52,440 by simulation. 336 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:54,759 Cool. Now 337 00:12:55,620 --> 00:12:57,539 it sounds like a super fun event. You've 338 00:12:57,539 --> 00:12:59,779 talked about some of the great outcomes that 339 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,794 come from it. So if there are systems 340 00:13:01,794 --> 00:13:03,715 out there that would like to try something 341 00:13:03,715 --> 00:13:06,355 like this in their own facilities, what advice 342 00:13:06,355 --> 00:13:07,894 do you have about getting started? 343 00:13:08,914 --> 00:13:11,154 Well, I would definitely say don't reinvent the 344 00:13:11,154 --> 00:13:13,735 wheel. So a version of SIM wars 345 00:13:14,259 --> 00:13:15,639 is being conducted 346 00:13:15,940 --> 00:13:19,139 in different areas all throughout the nation. But 347 00:13:19,139 --> 00:13:21,559 if you want to do something like Children's 348 00:13:21,620 --> 00:13:24,259 Colorado did with SIM wars and take it 349 00:13:24,259 --> 00:13:25,639 to a whole new level, 350 00:13:26,019 --> 00:13:28,475 then feel free to reach out to me. 351 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,815 There's so there's so many things that I 352 00:13:30,954 --> 00:13:33,274 and our team could offer so that you 353 00:13:33,274 --> 00:13:34,574 don't have to do this 354 00:13:34,954 --> 00:13:36,714 on your own. And it really is a 355 00:13:36,714 --> 00:13:37,855 stepwise process. 356 00:13:38,794 --> 00:13:41,149 The first thing would say that helped us 357 00:13:41,149 --> 00:13:42,850 be successful is bringing 358 00:13:43,230 --> 00:13:46,370 a team of partners that already do things 359 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:49,789 simulation wise with you, but making sure that 360 00:13:49,789 --> 00:13:50,529 those partners, 361 00:13:51,710 --> 00:13:54,190 are willing to be engaged and think outside 362 00:13:54,190 --> 00:13:56,425 the box, be creative, be innovative, 363 00:13:56,884 --> 00:13:59,205 and really push the limits of what could 364 00:13:59,205 --> 00:13:59,945 be done 365 00:14:00,325 --> 00:14:01,625 when it comes to simulation 366 00:14:02,245 --> 00:14:03,545 and a production. 367 00:14:04,245 --> 00:14:07,045 And, we put those people together in a 368 00:14:07,045 --> 00:14:08,985 steering committee. So we had about 369 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,839 15 or 20 people as part of the 370 00:14:11,839 --> 00:14:14,980 steering committee that started planning well 371 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:15,860 into 372 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:16,740 maybe 373 00:14:17,279 --> 00:14:18,820 6 months to 9 months 374 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,460 prior to the event. And so 375 00:14:21,914 --> 00:14:23,914 part of that steering committee are people that 376 00:14:23,914 --> 00:14:26,495 are gonna talk this up and be creative 377 00:14:26,554 --> 00:14:28,954 and help design scenarios that work with the 378 00:14:28,954 --> 00:14:30,095 teams on stage 379 00:14:30,554 --> 00:14:32,954 with the mannequins that we have and how 380 00:14:32,954 --> 00:14:33,695 the theme 381 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,019 works with costumes 382 00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:39,080 and incorporate music and all different types of 383 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,080 things that we could do. But making sure 384 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,420 that you have a large team 385 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,040 that really wants to do that. So having 386 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:47,740 a steering committee is really, 387 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:49,259 my first 388 00:14:49,835 --> 00:14:52,394 piece of advice. There is a published book 389 00:14:52,394 --> 00:14:53,774 that Doctor. Acuda 390 00:14:54,315 --> 00:14:56,154 has out there on sim wars. So if 391 00:14:56,154 --> 00:14:59,375 you're interested in looking at the 392 00:14:59,835 --> 00:15:01,754 the the structure of sim wars when it 393 00:15:01,754 --> 00:15:03,674 comes to how do you have a grading 394 00:15:03,674 --> 00:15:04,815 rubric or 395 00:15:05,210 --> 00:15:06,110 how do you utilize 396 00:15:06,490 --> 00:15:06,990 judges 397 00:15:08,090 --> 00:15:08,590 and, 398 00:15:09,210 --> 00:15:11,049 balance that with an, 399 00:15:11,529 --> 00:15:12,669 master of ceremonies, 400 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:14,110 a moderator 401 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:17,049 and judges, and engage the audience at the 402 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:19,644 same time. There's an art to that, and 403 00:15:19,644 --> 00:15:21,245 you can get a lot of that information 404 00:15:21,245 --> 00:15:22,605 from a lot of different things that are 405 00:15:22,605 --> 00:15:23,105 published. 406 00:15:23,565 --> 00:15:25,565 But feel free to reach out to me 407 00:15:25,565 --> 00:15:27,725 and, you could even see some of the 408 00:15:27,725 --> 00:15:29,345 ways that we did that on the videos 409 00:15:29,804 --> 00:15:31,565 that we've put on LinkedIn and on our 410 00:15:31,565 --> 00:15:33,345 Facebook page through Children's Colorado. 411 00:15:34,740 --> 00:15:37,139 Amazing. Well, thank you so much for joining 412 00:15:37,139 --> 00:15:38,899 me on the podcast today, Whitney. This is 413 00:15:38,899 --> 00:15:41,139 such a fun initiative, and I hope to 414 00:15:41,139 --> 00:15:43,300 see more from Sim Wars in the coming 415 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:43,800 years. 416 00:15:44,420 --> 00:15:46,904 If you are looking to catch more, 417 00:15:47,225 --> 00:15:50,504 interesting initiatives, then consider coming to our clinical 418 00:15:50,504 --> 00:15:53,225 leadership forum at the Becker CEO and CFO 419 00:15:53,225 --> 00:15:56,664 roundtable, November 11th through 14th in Chicago. We 420 00:15:56,664 --> 00:15:59,085 have limited space available for attendees and sponsors, 421 00:15:59,144 --> 00:16:02,153 so contact us at agenda team atbeckershealthcare.com 422 00:16:03,413 --> 00:16:04,313 to learn more.