UNIT 4 – Basics of Feedback and Debriefing

Welcome to Unit 4 on the Basics of Feedback and Debriefing.
Throughout this unit, you’ll explore the fundamental principles and strategies integral to effective feedback and debriefing processes.

Our aim is to provide you a solid understanding of these concepts, emphasizing the importance of customizing and applying these strategies to suit the specific levels of training and professional backgrounds of your target audience.

Whether you’re involved in education, healthcare, corporate training, or any field that benefits from structured feedback, this course will enable you to enhance the learning experience and achieve your educational goals through impactful feedback and debriefing techniques.

 

Contents

The contents of this unit will be presented as follows:

Presentations:

  • Basic concepts and ideas (44 min)
  • The wide world of options and flavours (50 min)

Articles:

  • Embracing informed learner self-assessment during debriefing: the art of plus-delta (Cheng 2021) (Mandatory)
  • Promoting Excellence and Reflective Learning in Simulation (PEARLS) (Eppich 2015) (Mandatory)
  • ‘The Diamond’: a structure for simulation debrief (Jaye 2015) (Mandatory)
  • CRM training for pediatric: a review for instructions (Cheng, 2012) (Mandatory)

 

Other videos:

  • Simulation documentary (5 min)

 

Bibliography

1 Cheng, A., Eppich, W., Epps, C. et al. Embracing informed learner self-assessment during debriefing: the art of plus-delta. Adv Simul 6, 22 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-021-00173-1

2 Eppich W, Cheng A. Promoting Excellence and Reflective Learning in Simulation (PEARLS): development and rationale for a blended approach to health care simulation debriefing. Simul Healthc. 2015 Apr;10(2):106-15. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000072. PMID: 25710312.

3 Jaye P, Thomas L, Reedy G. ‘The Diamond’: a structure for simulation debrief. Clin Teach. 2015 Jun;12(3):171-5. doi: 10.1111/tct.12300. PMID: 26009951; PMCID: PMC4497353.

4 Cheng A, Donoghue A, Gilfoyle E, Eppich W. Simulation-based crisis resource management training for pediatric critical care medicine: a review for instructors. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;13(2):197-203. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182192832. PMID: 21499181.

Rana SC, Francis U, Zavi L, Ella S, Honein-Abou Haidar G, Peter D. Cultural differences in simulation debriefing: A qualitative analysis. Heliyon. 2023 Mar 25;9(4):e14904. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14904. PMID: 37064463; PMCID: PMC10102195.

Geert Hofstede, Culture’s Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations, Sage 2001

Ulmer FF, Sharara-Chami R, Lakissian Z, Stocker M, Scott E, Dieckmann P. Cultural Prototypes and Differences in Simulation Debriefing. Simul Healthc. 2018 Aug;13(4):239-246. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000320. PMID: 29672469.

Abulebda K, Auerbach M, Limaiem F. Debriefing Techniques Utilized in Medical Simulation. [Updated 2022 Sep 26]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546660/

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. Erratum in: Med Teach. 2022 Sep;44(9):I. PMID: 29792100.

Simon R, Raemer DB, Rudolph JW. 2010. Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH)© Rater’s Handbook. Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, Massachusetts https://harvardmedsim.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DASH.handbook.2010.Final.Rev.2.pdf 

Cheng A, Palaganas J, Eppich W, Rudolph J, Robinson T, Grant V. Co-debriefing for simulation-based education: a primer for facilitators. Simul Healthc. 2015 Apr;10(2):69-75. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000077. PMID: 25710318.

Rudolph JW, Simon R, Raemer DB, Eppich WJ. Debriefing as formative assessment: closing performance gaps in medical education. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Nov;15(11):1010-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00248.x. Epub 2008 Oct 20. PMID: 18945231.

Rudolph JW, Simon R, Dufresne RL, Raemer DB. There’s no such thing as “nonjudgmental” debriefing: a theory and method for debriefing with good judgment. Simul Healthc. 2006 Spring;1(1):49-55. doi: 10.1097/01266021-200600110-00006. PMID: 19088574.

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