SimBridge Procedures

SimBridge® Procedures
Effective Date: December 8, 2008
Revised Date: February 18, 2009
General Instructions:
All Simulation Center Courses and Users will be entered into SimBridge. Courses and Users will be entered by Center staff prior to the activity's scheduled date/time. Courses and Users will be entered whether or not the scheduled session is recorded. Note: Users and scenarios will no longer be entered in the Access Simulation Tracking Database. We will continue to enter course information until the next phase of SimBridge is implemented.
General Course Information
Enter Course Information as soon as the activity is scheduled, at least 2 working days prior to the scheduled activity.

1. Click on Administration from the Main Screen

1. Click on Courses

1. Click on New Course

1. Enter an abbreviated title of the course under "Course Title." Enter the full course title under "Public Course Title." For Example--

DAM ANES RES; Difficult Airway Management for Anesthesia Residents
DAM CRNA; Difficult Airway Management for CRNA's
NURS 217; Nurs 217 Adult Health I
ACLS MUH; ACLS for Hospital Employees
Note: Courses are NO LONGER DEFINED BY DATE. Each course may have multiple sessions (scenarios) which are defined by date. See Scheduling Sessions Section.

1. Enter a brief overview. It is helpful to note the number of sessions, participants and groups, if known.
2. Select the Organization for the course based on the Data Integrity Rules

The course organization is determined by the Course Director's academic or clinical home. Courses developed by CEPSC faculty and staff will be assigned to CEPSC or statewide, depending on the nature of the activity.

1. Click on Save

Scenario Information
Enter and Associate Scenario Information to Courses (Generally, the Simulation Specialist will enter the Scenario Information)

1. Find the Course from the Admin: Course screen

1. Click on the Course Title
2. Select the Scenarios Tab and Click on Edit

1. If the names of the scenarios associated with this course have already been entered into the SimBridge, select them from the list. Select all that apply. If the course does not have any programmed scenarios associated with it, select the scenarios named "No Scenario."

1. Click Save
2. Click Done
3. If the Scenarios have NOT been entered into SimBridge, Click Add New to add a new scenario and associate it with the course.
4. Enter the Title of the Scenario. Use the descriptive part of the actual name of the scenario as it is stored in the Simulation Software. Note: you should not enter the location, version number or date component of the actual scenario name.

1. Select the Organization according the integrity rules.

The scenario organization is determined by the Content Author's academic or clinical home. Scenarios developed by CEPSC faculty and staff will be assigned to CEPSC or statewide, depending on the nature of the activity.

1. Select the simulator used with the scenario
2. Select the participant types associated with the scenario. Select all that apply.

Confederate = participant acting as a ruse within a session. Confederates are not generally evaluated
Facilitator = faculty member running the course session
Observer = individual observing, but not participating in, the simulation. Observers are not evaluated.
Participant = the trainee
Operator = center staff running the scenario

1. Click on Save

1. Click on Save on Course Screen to add the newly created scenario to the course.
2. Click on Done

User Information
Enter and Associate User Information to Courses as necessary (Generally, the Administrative personnel will enter the User Information)

1. Find the Course from the Admin: Course screen

1. Click on the Course Title
2. Select the Users Tab and Click on Edit. All Users previously entered into SimBridge will appear.
3. If Users have already been entered into SimBridge, select all that will be participating in this course. You may use the search feature. You must associate the following users for each course:
   1. The Course Director
   2. The Session Facilitator(s)
   3. The MUSC Simulation Specialists
4. Select the appropriate participant type of each user. This list will be limited to those types selected for the course.
   1. Confederate = participates as an actor or ruse within a scenario. Confederates are not generally evaluated
   2. Facilitator = faculty member running the course session
   3. Observer = role is limited to observing the simulation. Observers are not evaluated.
   4. Participant = the trainee
   5. Operator = center staff running the scenario

1. Click on Save. Associated users will appear in the list.

1. Click on Edit, then Add New to add new users to the list.

1. Enter all information marked with a red asterisk.

Note: You can also get to the new user screen by going to Admin: Users. However, these new users will need to subsequently be associated with a course as described in steps 3 -5.

1. 1. User Names—
      1. For MUSC participants enter the MUSC Network ID.
         1. Use the MUSC online directory to look up participants actual Network ID
      2. For non-MUSC participants enter the firstname.lastname, eg, Michael.Lee
   2. Password—
      1. Enter the default password
      2. Confirm the password
   3. Status—
      1. Select "Active"
   4. Role—
      1. Select the appropriate role for this participant. Users (other than center staff) will be assigned one of the following roles. The role determines the system security level for each user. If you are not sure of the role, please consult with the Senior Simulation Specialist or Center Director.

• Course Director
• Facilitator
• Participant

1. 1. Organization—
      1. Select the appropriate organization for this participant. See integrity rules for more details.

The user's organization is determined by the primary appointment (faculty), program of study (student), department where employed (residents), or clinical unit where employed (clinical staff). MUSC Simulation Center staff will be assigned to CEPSC, statewide directors to HSSC.

1. 1. 1. Use the MUSC online directory to look up participants for whom the organization is unknown.
2. Click Save
3. Repeat steps 6-7 for all new users
4. Select the appropriate Participant Types for the new users.

Confederate = participant acting as a ruse within a session. Confederates are not generally evaluated
Facilitator = faculty member running the course session
Observer = individual observing, but not participating in, the simulation. Observers are not evaluated.
Participant = the trainee
Operator = center staff running the scenario

1. Click Save. New users are added to the list.
2. Click Done.

Scheduling Sessions

1. Find the Course from the Admin: Course screen

1. Click on the Course Title
2. Select the Schedule Tab and Click on Add Scheduled Session button.

1. Enter the information requested on this screen.

Note: SimBridge defines a session as consisting of a single scenario. For sessions that involve multiple scenarios, this screen will need to be completed and saved for each scenario. The date, time location, SimCapture, Simulator, Organization, Course, and Participants will be the same. Only the name of scenario will change. For sessions that do not have scenarios, select the scenario named "No Scenario."

1. 1. Enter the Date of the planned session
   2. Enter Time frame of the planned session. It most cases this will be the time of the entire session, not the time for the specific scenario.
   3. Enter the scenario session Location. Select the Room from the drop down menu
   4. Enter the SimCapture that will be used for the session. Select the SimCapture Unit from the drop down menu. If the session will NOT be recorded, enter the SimCapture located in the Room selected for Location.
   5. Simulator. Select the Simulator or None from the drop down menu.
   6. Select the appropriate Organization following the integrity rules. In most cases this will be the same organization as the Course.
   7. Verify the Course title. Generally, this will default to the proper Course Title.
   8. Select the Scenario from the drop down list of the associated scenarios or No Scenario.
   9. Enter Notes as needed. Include Group numbers or other information about the scenario session.
   10. Check off the users who will actually be participating in this scenario. Note: the list will include only those participants associated with the Course. Course users must be entered before session users. If this is not known, prior to the session start, check off all session participants. This can be modified by the course Facilitator at the start of the scenario session.
   11. Check off the Facilitator for this session.
   12. Check off the Sim Specialist (Operator) for this session. If not known, include both Sim Specialists.
   13. Check off the Course Director.

1. Click Save

1. Click the appropriate button to change the Schedule view can be changed to a list, month, week or day view.

1. Use the Color code feature to change the appearance of the schedule.
2. Click Done

Starting a Session from the Schedule

1. Click on the Schedule icon on the SimCapture® Start Session screen.

1. Click on the scheduled session that appears for the current date. Note: If the scheduled session does not appear, click on the Start Time or Location filter.

1. The following screen will appear with pre-populated data.
2. Verify and edit data as needed.
3. Click on Start Session