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Lucas Ferris

Lucas Ferris

Lucas Farris, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE — Simulation Operations and Education Manager at University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation; Vice Chair, SSH Mindfulness Affinity Group; healthcare simulation educator and nurse specialist in mindfulness and simulation-based education.

Jun 26, 2026

2:42
So from my personal experience, saying I don't know has been rewarding, especially with my interactions with the learners.
2:57
And for me, I'm Lucas Farris.
2:59
I currently work as the simulation operations and education manager.
3:03
Thank you again, Dr. Rudolph, for having us back this week.
3:06
Very much appreciated it.
3:09
So for me to address your question, whenever I'm in a debrief or I'm working with a team, it's helpful to know the answers, but it is challenging because if I'm the facilitator, my role is to facilitate discussion.
3:23
And if I already know everything that we're gonna talk about, then sure, I could guide them down one path, but is that really what they need to know? And are they getting the maximum benefit of our time together? And as an educator, Do I limit the conversation by only giving them what I think they need to know? How do I allow myself that growth as well? So I think from an educator's perspective, we should have lifelong learning.

7 MINS LATER

11:17
And I'm wondering if you have any other ideas or new ideas about what we could focus on, what each one of you might want to focus on regarding open-ended questions.
7:47
And so I tried a few exercises with students and I realized, okay, at least it's not, I'm not the only one who is using this mode and realizing and highlighting it to students was also helpful.
8:01
For me, this episode really helped with understanding my traditional type of listening style.
8:06
So for me, my dominant style, I could tell, is the analytic style.
8:10
But then I also could tell in some of my conversations that I've had at home or with my peers at work or with my direct reports, I noticed different styles of communication that I've had.
8:22
And That's really exciting because before I think I just tried to deal with the problems as they came up or decide what the next step needed to be in the process.
8:31
But being able to understand how I was listening to my interactions with the other individual, that really helped me make the best decision to move forward.
8:43
I had an example for this this past week.

11 MINS LATER

20:02
I can always fill space with talking, right? The silence, I think, is the strategy that a lot of people don't realize is a great listening strategy.

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