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General Advice and Specific Issues

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This section starts with a list of general debriefing tips and advice about preventing and handling difficult debriefing situations that are applicable to most circumstances and will benefit simulation educators. It then addresses a series of commonly faced issues or queries that are often discussed in the simulation community. Whether or not to play back the video recording in the debriefing process is often debated, and research is still inconclusive as there are so many possible confounding factors. Similarly, insight into the use of within-scenario debriefing is provided with support from relevant references. An additional approach that can be perceived as being a supportive measure for learners new to simulation-based education followed by debriefing is the provision of a complete demonstration cycle, live or by playing back a recording of the whole process. On the other hand, a real dilemma sometimes faced by simulation educators relates to the mutual promise of confidentiality in relation to simulation session with learners and the potentially very concerning performance or behaviour of a participant. An introduction to rapid cycle deliberate practice in relation to how it affects debriefing is presented. Finally we briefly review the current debriefing assessment tools.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, ABS-Lab, Simulation Laboratory, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

    Denis Oriot

  2. School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

    Guillaume Alinier

  3. Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, University of Hertfordshire, Doha, Qatar

    Guillaume Alinier

  4. Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Guillaume Alinier

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Oriot, D., Alinier, G. (2018). General Advice and Specific Issues. In: Pocket Book for Simulation Debriefing in Healthcare. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59882-6_3

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