All persons who facilitate sessions within the MUSC HSC or in situ using center manikins, trainers, or equipment must be adequately trained. Training is essential to ensure high-quality simulation-based education for learners within a safe environment and to prevent damage and undo wear and tear to simulation manikins, trainers, and equipment.
Facilitator training consists of three components:
- Clinical or Procedural Content
The session sponsor is responsible for orienting new facilitators to learning objectives for the session, best practices for procedural training, scenario content, and/or other key content topics.
New facilitators will automatically be enrolled in a 30-35 minute online orientation module in OurDay. They must complete the online module prior to their first session at the simulation center or first-time use of center manikins, trainers, or scenarios for in situ session.
- Session-specific Technical Training
The simulation center staff is responsible for orienting new facilitators to the center policies and procedures, training new facilitators to appropriately use session-specific manikins, trainers, or other equipment, and running any session-specific scenarios using the Laerdal Learning Application (LLEAP). New facilitators must arrange a time prior to the first session to meet with a simulation specialist to complete this training.
