In this episode, Tony and Lawrence speak with nurse educator Steph Reynolds about the limited visibility of community nursing within pre-registration nurse education. Steph challenges common assumptions that community nursing is less skilled or less clinically demanding than acute care, highlighting a plethora of skillsets required when supporting people in their own homes.

Steph also describes an ambitious community challenge simulation delivered at Birmingham’s Safeside village, where nursing students encountered a suite of simulations around falls, safeguarding concerns, health promotion, learning disability care and other complex community scenarios. The discussion explores how community-based simulation can expose learners to uncertainty, strengthen professional identity and place greater emphasis on interpersonal and non-technical skills that are often overshadowed by technical competence.

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In the final episode of our three-part Maudsley Learning series, Lawrence and Tony are joined by Dr Kirsten Howson and Anni Winnie to explore the central role of debriefing in mental health simulation. They examine how Maudsley Learning uses simulation scenarios as a springboard for deeper reflection, drawing on the Diamond Debrief Model, advocacy with inquiry and carefully structured discussions to explore clinical decision-making, team dynamics, transference, countertransference and unconscious bias.

The conversation also considers psychological safety, co-facilitation and the support required by simulation faculty when working with emotionally charged material. Kirsten and Anni explain how extended briefings, learner-centred facilitation and peer debriefing help participants engage with discomfort, challenge established assumptions and translate learning into practice. We tie up the episode looking at the future of Maudsley Learning, including the use of mental health simulation beyond healthcare and Maudsley's upcoming simulation conference.

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In the second episode of our three-part SimCast mini-series with Maudsley Learning, Tony and Lawrence are joined by Camilla Fadel and Gareth Evans to explore how Maudsley Learning designs, adapts and delivers mental health simulation across healthcare, social care, universities, charities, corporate organisations and international partners.

This episode focuses on the practical work behind authentic mental health simulation. Camilla and Gareth discuss co-production, lived experience, trauma-informed design, inclusive practice, actor preparation, scenario manuals, psychological safety, technical creativity and the importance of adapting simulation to the learner group in real time. The conversation also explores how Maudsley Learning balances realism with care, avoids stereotyping, uses rich character histories rather than rigid scripts, and creates reflective learning spaces for complex, emotionally charged topics.

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