Constructing safe containers for effective learning: Vignettes of breakdown in psychological safety during simulated scenarios

Anna Maria Carrera, Anjum Naweed, Elyssebeth Leigh, Teresa Crea, Ben Krynski, Kevin Heveldt, Marc Lyons, Cameron Knott, Sanjay Khetia

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Abstract

This paper reports on work completed to date comparing a range of approaches to using simulation in industry settings. We document, share and compare across psychological and physical ‘safety’ dimensions in each of our domains, and describe how these are managed in different contexts. The concept of simulation as creating, and then existing, within a ‘safe container,’ a term is used as a metaphor for the context of simulation in action. In this paper we first reprise work undertaken during 2015 to develop baseline comparisons of key simulation factors across our disciplines/activities. Each approach is described separately, then we use the data to extract key points of similarity and difference. Next, we consider what ‘safety’ is in the context of a simulation in action and explore how users can learn with, and from, each other about selecting appropriate strategies to both support and challenge the notion of ‘safety’ in simulation-based learning contexts. The paper does not include a complete consideration of all uses of simulation, however our approach to collecting data, sharing and considering the implications of the emerging array of information is proving to be useful for developing a broader scope with which to consider the issues of safety and learning which are central to the uses of simulation that we are exploring.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntersections in Simulation and Gaming
Subtitle of host publication21st Annual Simulation Technology and Training Conference, SimTecT 2016, and 47th International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2016, Held as Part of the 1st Australasian Simulation Congress, ASC 2016, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsMarcin Wardaszko, Sebastiaan Meijer, Elyssebeth Leigh, Anjum Naweed
Place of PublicationCham Switzerland
PublisherSpringer
Pages15-29
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9783319787954
ISBN (Print)9783319787947
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventAustralasian Simulation Congress 2016 - Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 26 Sept 201629 Sept 2016
Conference number: 1st
http://www.simulationcongress.com/about/asc-2016/

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10711 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceAustralasian Simulation Congress 2016
Abbreviated titleASC 2016
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period26/09/1629/09/16
Otherunite again, SimTecT and SimHealth, now together as curated streams of the newly titled Australasian Simulation Congress

21st Annual Simulation Technology and Training Conference, SimTecT 2016 and 47th International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2016 Held as Part of the 1st Australasian Simulation Congress, ASC 2016
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Keywords

  • Psychological safety
  • Simulation
  • Training

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