Facilitator quick reference

Here’s how to
run Spin for SIM™.

The five-minute version of everything you need to run a session – find a scenario, spin the wheel, gather feedback by QR, and turn each spin into evidence.

Jump to 1 · Access scenarios 2 · The wheel 3 · Feedback by QR 4 · Collaborative board 5 · Your dashboard 6 · Ready your team

Spin for SIM™ is low-fidelity, high-frequency, in-situ simulation: short whole-team rehearsals of emergencies, run on the floor, with no simulation suite required. Steps 1–4 are the loop you’ll use every time you run a session. Steps 5–6 are for trust leads getting the programme set up and keeping it visible.

⏱ ~10 minutes per session 👥 Whole multidisciplinary team 📱 QR feedback built in 📈 Live trust dashboard
1

Access your scenarios

Every scenario lives in the same place, whether you spin for one at random or pick a specific emergency to rehearse.

▶ Open the wheel Browse the library
2

Digital or physical wheel

The wheel is what makes it Spin for SIM™: nobody knows the scenario in advance, so nobody can prepare and hierarchy is flattened. Use whichever wheel suits the moment – both lead to exactly the same scenarios.

Digital wheel

  • Open Run a simulation on any phone, tablet or the unit screen.
  • Pick a category (or all), tap to spin, and it lands on a scenario.
  • Opens straight into the runner – ideal at the bedside or on a ward round.
Spin for SIM physical wheel

Physical wheel

  • Spin the printed wheel from your kit to land on a category colour.
  • Great as a talking point on the unit and for drawing a crowd.
  • Then open that category in the Library and pick a scenario to run.

Tip: keep the physical wheel visible on the unit as an invitation, and use the digital wheel to actually run and record the session.

3

Gather feedback with QR codes

Feedback is built into the scenario runner. Each session has its own session code, and each person’s before-and-after answers are matched up anonymously by their own phone – so your dashboard can measure how much each person’s confidence actually changed. This is the evidence that makes the programme count.

Before · participants

Pre-session confidence

On the Overview tab, a “confidence check” QR appears. Ask the team to scan and tap one number (1–5) for how confident they feel – it takes seconds. Ask them to keep that same phone handy for the end.

After · participants

Post-session feedback

At the Debrief, a feedback QR opens the short form for this scenario: confidence again, how useful it felt, whether they’d recommend it, and an optional certificate. Anonymous.

Facilitator

Your reflection

As facilitator you add a quick reflection on how the session ran. It’s stored against the same session so your dashboard captures both sides.

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Say this before the first scan: same phone, both times

The before-and-after answers are matched up by the phone itself – anonymously, with no names and nothing for anyone to remember. So each person needs to scan the feedback QR at the end on the same phone they used for the confidence check at the start. Scanning one on a tablet and the other on a phone, or borrowing a colleague’s, means those two answers can’t be linked.

Also ask them not to use private browsing – that’s the mode called Private on iPhone or Incognito on Android, which deliberately forgets everything as soon as the tab is closed. It would forget the link between their two answers too.

If someone does use a different phone, nothing is lost: their answers still save and still count in the averages – they just can’t be paired to each other. Your dashboard shows a “Pre/post pairs matched” count so you can see how many linked up.

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Prefer paper? The printable QR feedback posters are in Resources – put one on the wall so anyone can scan after a session. Those still pair up too, as long as the person types the same session code on the same phone they used at the start.

4

Update your collaborative board

The collaborative board is the physical heart of the programme on your unit – a printable A0 board that makes each spin visible and celebrates who took part.

Spin for SIM collaborative board preview

After every session, add:

  • ✓
    The date and scenario you ran
    So the unit can see the range being covered over time.
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    Who took part
    Roles and disciplines – it shows the multidisciplinary reach and encourages others to join.
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    One key learning or action
    A single thing to change or check – the takeaway that turns a rehearsal into improvement.
Print the board & kit

The board is the visible, human record; your dashboard is the measurable one. Keep both and they reinforce each other.

5

Review your trust dashboard

For trust leads

Every QR response flows into your trust dashboard. It compiles the numbers you need for reports, appraisals and business cases – without any manual collation.

Open my dashboard Regional activity
6

Get your team ready

For trust leads

Two things set your unit up to run without you having to be there every time: trained facilitators, and the physical kit on the floor.

Train your facilitators

Anyone on the team can facilitate. The Facilitator training walks them through running a spin and debriefing with Advocacy–Inquiry – it takes about 20 minutes.

Print your kit

From Resources, print the essentials for your unit:

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Launching? The Implementation Toolkit has a full launch-week plan – including how to make it a “Spin for SIM™ Week” on your unit.

That’s it – spin, run, scan, record, repeat. Little and often is what makes it stick.

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