Visualizing Teamwork: A Deep Dive into VEMS with IPSS

This week, one of our co-founders, Victoria Brazil, joined the International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS) podcast for a thoughtful and energising conversation about the evolving role of simulation in healthcare.

🎧 Listen here

Hosted by the IPSS team, the episode dives deeply into what simulation really offers healthcare organisations—beyond the technology, the mannequins, and the hardware. Vic explores ideas that resonate strongly with our mission at Simulation Simplified:

📌 Simulation as a tool for connection, not performance

Vic highlights how simulation is most powerful when it strengthens relationships, builds alignment, and improves shared understanding across teams. Rather than treating simulation as an isolated educational session, she describes it as a way to support how teams work together every day.

This framing helps understand why Visually Enhanced Mental Simulation (VEMS) is gaining momentum—simple methods that enable teams to focus on communication, reasoning, and teamwork without the distractions of complex setup.

📌 Making simulation accessible for everyone

A major theme of the conversation is how one of the advantages of VEMS is that it is easy to deliver. Vic emphasises that sustainability matters—simulation programs flourish when faculty feel confident and when barriers to running scenarios are removed.

This is exactly what SimSimple Kits were created for: helping teams run meaningful scenarios wherever they work, without lab requirements or technical demands.

📌 The power of simplicity

Throughout the episode, Vic speaks about stripping simulation back to its essentials—clarity of purpose, thoughtful design, and intentional facilitation. Tools matter less than insight, alignment, and dialogue.

Her reflections echo what we see with VEMS every day: when you remove complexity, learning can still be rich. 

📌 A conversation that reflects our philosophy

The IPSS team and Vic discuss the future of simulation—how we train clinicians, support systems, and create environments where people can learn, lead, and collaborate. The conversation bridges high-level concepts with everyday realities, making it relevant for educators, clinicians, and leaders alike.

If you’re curious about the thinking that informs our approach at Simulation Simplified—and why VEMS is resonating with so many teams—this episode is a must-listen.