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Essentials of Debriefing and Feedback

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Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Pediatrics

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Debriefing is an essential component of pediatric simulation-based education. It is during debriefing the majority of learning during simulation occurs. Therefore, conducting an effective debriefing is a critical skill for any pediatric simulation educator. In this chapter, a detailed overview of debriefing practice is offered to pediatric simulation educators. This includes a review of the origin and importance of debriefing, an examination of several frameworks for debriefing in healthcare simulation, an in-depth review of several approaches to facilitate the debriefing conversation, and a review of how these frameworks and approaches have been applied to pediatric simulation. Strategies to optimize debriefing in healthcare simulation, including creating supportive learning environments, are reviewed. In addition, unique aspects of pediatric simulation relevant for the debriefing are defined. Optional practices to augment debriefing effectiveness, such as co-debriefing, scripted debriefing, and video-enhanced debriefing, are explored and examined. Finally, the burgeoning topic of assessing the effectiveness of debriefing is explored.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA

    Taylor Sawyer DO, MEd

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Marisa Brett Fleegler MD

  3. Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Education, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Walter J. Eppich MD, MEd

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Sawyer, T., Fleegler, M., Eppich, W. (2016). Essentials of Debriefing and Feedback. In: Grant, V., Cheng, A. (eds) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Pediatrics. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24187-6_3

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