More Than Make Believe: The Value Of Simulation In Healthcare!

Show Notes

Today’s Guests:

Dr. Daniel Dale PT, DPT

Dr. Daniel Dale is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Assistant Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Physical Therapy at Mercer University. He received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Armstrong Atlantic State University (now Georgia Southern University) in Savannah, Georgia in 2011. Dr. Dale is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, and is also a Certified Lymphedema Therapist (CLT). In addition to his teaching and clinical practice, Dr. Dale also serves as an educational consultant for Early Mobility, a company for consulting services and early mobility program development and management for major hospital systems countrywide. Dr. Dale also still works PRN at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, GA, where he held his first job out of school. Dr. Dale’s current teaching responsibilities include assisting in service-learning, integrated and long-term clinical experience courses, health policy, and conducting simulation in courses throughout the curriculum related to neurology, acute care, and interprofessional education related to the ICU and acute care environments. Dr. Dale is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, including the Education, Acute Care, and Leadership and Innovation sections/academies. He has served on multiple committees and in leadership positions within the state and national professional associations. Dr. Dale is also a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Currently, Dr. Dale is the Immediate Past President of APTA Georgia, a Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Guest Quotes:

10:48” “I think one of the biggest kind of standard things that needs to be in a simulation that a lot of us don’t quite understand until we go through some of that training is the debrief….Debrief is meant to get the students reflecting on their performance, being open and honest, and sharing what they did, how they would do it differently, how their actions affected others.”

18:58” “It’s one of the tenants I think that simulation stands on… is you create that safe space to fail. And it’s so important, especially, anytime we’re talking about patient care, but especially when we’re talking about in acute care, ICU care, there’s not a lot of room for error.”

26:29” “simulation is not a new novel idea in healthcare education by any means. Our colleagues in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, have been doing this for decades.”

Rapid Responses:

Do you tell dad jokes yes or no?

“A hundred percent yes. And in class as well”

You know, you work in acute care when…

“You have a pair of scrubs and shoes as a backup.”

Links:

https://www.ssih.org/

https://www.inacsl.org/

https://acapt.org/about/consortium/simulation-in-physical-therapy-education-consortium

For questions about 2024 APTA Acute Care Nominations, please email: acute@aptaacutecare.org

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