Faculty Update Program

Friday Night at the ER is a tabletop learning game used by educators in academic and practice settings. The 1-hour simulation is played in teams of four and followed by a 2-hour debrief led by a facilitator. An engaging and memorable learning experience, participants become students of their own behaviors and learn practical strategies for putting key principles of systems thinking into practice. Popular applications include leadership development, quality improvement, interprofessional education, transition to practice and culture change.

Participants will also explore the Stanford Model of Design Thinking and how to apply it to patient care and nursing practice.

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Participants will:

• Appreciate the need to think more broadly – beyond one’s role or department – in order to optimize the performance of the system and help nursing students see nurses as part of an organization.
• Improve systems thinking and other essential skills such as critical thinking, complex problem solving, prioritization, adaptation, teamwork and communication.
• Develop an understanding of the ways in which we can teach nursing students system thinking can improve quality, cost, safety and organizational culture.
• Define the 5 phases of the Stanford Model of Design Thinking and apply them to nursing practice.