Journal article
Comparison of Postsimulation Debriefing Versus In-Simulation Debriefing in Medical Simulation
Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Medical Simulation, Vol.5(2), pp.91-97
04/01/2010
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181be0d17
PMID: 20661008
Abstract
Introduction: A key portion of medical simulation is self-reflection and instruction during a debriefing session; however, there have been surprisingly few direct comparisons of various approaches. The objective of this study was to compare two styles of managing a simulation session: postsimulation debriefing versus in-simulation debriefing.
Methods: One hundred sixty-one students were randomly assigned to receive either postsimulation debriefing or in-simulation debriefing. Retrospective pre-post assessment was made through survey using Likert-scale questions assessing students' self-reported confidence and knowledge level as it relates to medical resuscitation and statements related to the simulation itself.
Results: There were statistically significant differences in the reliable self-reported results between the two groups for effectiveness of the debriefing style, debriefing leading to effective learning, and the debriefing helping them to understand the correct and incorrect actions, with the group that received postsimulation debriefing ranking all these measures higher. Both groups showed significantly higher posttest scores compared with their pretest scores for individual and overall measures.
Discussion: Students felt that a simulation experience followed by a debriefing session helped them learn more effectively, better understand the correct and incorrect actions, and was overall more effective compared with debriefing that occurred in-simulation. Students did not feel that interruptions during a simulation significantly altered the realism of the simulation. (Sim Healthcare 5:91-97, 2010)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparison of Postsimulation Debriefing Versus In-Simulation Debriefing in Medical Simulation
- Creators
- Jon N. Van Heukelom - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Healthcare, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. jon-vanheukelom@uiowa.eduTomer Begaz - Med Coll Wisconsin, Dept Emergency Med, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USARobert Treat - Med Coll Wisconsin, Dept Educ Serv, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Medical Simulation, Vol.5(2), pp.91-97
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181be0d17
- PMID
- 20661008
- ISSN
- 1559-2332
- eISSN
- 1559-713X
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984296983302771
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