Prepare and create#
Open Simulation → Sessions and choose Prepare a session. The Sessions list contains real sessions in the selected lab, with their status and exact scenario version. Filter or search it before creating another run.
- Choose the approved scenario version. Read its pre-brief and confirm that it is the intended case.
- Select a room, or use the explicit console fallback when appropriate. Review its available interfaces and routes.
- Choose the purpose. An engineering rehearsal is labelled separately from a learner session.
- Enter facilitator/runner details and learner roles. Select a station belonging to that room when the lab uses learner stations. Changing rooms clears incompatible station choices.
- Review the initial patient entry point, compatibility and session-only channel destinations. A wildcard audit route can remain alongside the primary route; it is not a substitute for that destination.
- Choose capture only if the lab has consent and you want to record. Use Find browser inputs, select the intended camera/microphone and explicitly enable previews. Optional recording is not required to run a session.
- Choose Create session. Inspect the saved session’s identity and open its console link.
Creating saves setup; Start session is a separate action. If creation is not confirmed, inspect the Sessions list before trying again.
Start and run#
In Live console, confirm the session ID, patient, scenario version and current status. A link for an unavailable session should show that problem; choose the intended session explicitly rather than silently switching to another one.
Choose Start session. The console shows the current track/node, scenario time and available actions. Use the actual action controls to record simulated learner interventions. Take observations when the learner takes a reading; some devices intentionally retain the previous display until the next reading.
Use manual transition or track controls when the exercise calls for them. Inspect the current node after another operator moves the track; a stale command can be rejected. Jumping or ending a track changes that track’s course and should be an explicit facilitator decision. Add timeline markers for debrief moments. Delivered output and attempted output are separate facts: inspect failed-delivery notices rather than assuming a cue reached a screen or speaker.
Pause and return#
Pause session pauses scenario progression. It does not mean that closing the browser ends the session, and it is not a promise that every external device or media source pauses. Return from the Sessions list or the same console deep link, inspect the saved state and choose Resume session when ready.
The session record belongs to the local host and selected data directory. Restart the host with the same profile/data directory to recover its saved data. Changing profiles, using a different host or clearing browser site data can produce a different view or require signing in again.
Recording and transcription have their own boundaries. In the accepted Windows MVP, a take crossing a session pause can be explicitly unavailable for transcription. Use a fresh continuous take when you need that path; do not interpret unavailable transcription as evidence that no speech occurred.
Learner access#
Use the session’s learner/join details when the lab enables the simulated patient record. Match the learner’s assigned station and patient before entering observations, medication records or notes. A facilitator login link is not a learner invitation. Do not share administrator tokens or credentials.
For another device on a network, the administrator must configure the actual host address, HTTPS/trust and network permissions. Local desktop success does not establish Safari/iPad or a two-device acceptance result. Lab setup covers those operational boundaries.
End deliberately#
Choose End session and confirm the action. Check the final status before leaving. A scenario end criterion and the operator’s end command are related but distinct; the console shows whether criteria were met. Open Debrief for the exact completed run.
Troubleshooting#
| Problem | Next action |
|---|---|
| The room’s station disappeared | Check the selected room. Re-select a compatible station; stale room assignments are intentionally cleared. |
| No approved version is listed | Finish source review and approval in Scenario authoring; refresh setup options. |
| Create does not start the clock | Open the saved console and choose Start session. |
| Console link is unavailable | Verify host/profile/session ID and permission. Return to Sessions rather than making a replacement run accidentally. |
| Cue appears only in the console | Inspect the selected room’s primary route, interface health and delivery report. |
| Camera or microphone denied | Change browser permission, re-select inputs and explicitly enable previews, or continue without capture. |
| Reconnected console shows a changed state | Read the current projection; another operator or automatic transition may have progressed it. |