How to debrief teamwork interactions: using circular questions to explore and change team interaction patterns

Advances in Simulation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kolbe, Michaela ^a,b   Marty, Adrian ^a   Seelandt, Julia ^a   Grande, Bastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circular question; Debriefing; System; Team interaction pattern; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030111918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20590628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41077-016-0029-7     Document Type: Article

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