Helping without harming: The instructor's feedback dilemma in debriefing-A case study

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 304-316

  Rudolph, Jenny W ^a,b,c   Foldy, Erica Gabrielle ^d   Robinson, Traci ^e   Kendall, Sandy ^f   Taylor, Steven S ^g   Simon, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Medical Simulation Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Alberta Children's Hospital   (United States)

^f WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^g WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Debriefing; Debriefing the debriefer; Faculty development; Feedback; Interprofessional education

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; TEACHING;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING;

EID: 84885354586     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318294854e     Document Type: Article

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