Journal Club Article: Grant VJ, Robinson T, Catena H, Eppich W, Cheng A. Difficult debriefing situations: A toolbox for simulation educators. Med Teach. 2018 Jul;40(7):703-712. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1468558. Epub 2018 May 23. PMID: 29792100
This article provides educators providing simulation based education (SBE) with a focus on difficult debriefing situations are may become a threat to the psychological safety of the learning environment and may impact learning outcomes. The phenotypes of learner-specific factors may influence the simulation training and debriefing situations.
Difficult Debriefing Situations – a Toolbox
Proactive strategies – use of a pre-simulation briefing to establish clear expectations.
Reactivie strategies – aim to promote an open and respectful dialogue among learners.
- Name the dynamic
- Validation
- Normalisation
- Generalisation
- Paraphrasing
- Broadening
- Previewing
Additional Resources
The Role of Debriefing in Simulation-Based Learning.