# Simulation at Scale: What It Really Takes Behind the Scenes

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Podcast: [Advancing Healthcare Through Simulation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/advancing-healthcare-through-simulation-7223116)
Published: 2026-05-28T12:00:00+00:00
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In this episode of Advancing Health Care Through Simulation, Lisa George is joined by Tom Waring and Bree Weyland from the NAIT Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation for a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to deliver a large-scale, high-impact simulation experience. The conversation centers on a recent Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) simulation, which brought together over 115 students from multiple health disciplines across Alberta. Designed around a realistic building collapse scenario, the simulation required learners to collaborate across the full continuum of care—from on-scene triage with paramedics and firefighters to treatment in both rural and tertiary hospital environments. Tom and Bree walk through how this complex event was built from the ground up, offering insight into the often unseen role of simulation technologists (SimTechs) in designing, coordinating, and executing immersive learning environments. Key themes explored in this episode include: how early involvement in planning shapes what’s possible in simulation design the process of building realistic patient characters to drive clinical decision-making the importance of standardized patient (SP) preparation and consistency at scale how makeup, environment design, and storytelling contribute to immersion managing real-time communication across a distributed simulation environment adapting on the fly when carefully planned scenarios inevitably break down how learners evolve from individuals into high-functioning teams under pressure the growing role of AI tools (like in-house platforms) in simulation development the future of the SimTech profession as it expands into design, research, and education This episode highlights that simulation is not just about equipment or scenarios—it’s about p…

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