Overview

This course addresses a range of skills relevant to the design, delivery and debriefing of immersive simulation in healthcare. This includes scenario design and delivery, application to different settings (for example in–situ and laboratory), program design and delivery issues and debriefing to promote reflective learning.

Day 1: Scenario Design & Delivery

Aims

To develop skills to run immersive simulation training (IST) in a range of health-care settings.

Topics covered

The course focuses on the following topics

Getting started – the IST learning environment, briefing and familiarizing learners for IST
Core principles – safety, respect and the fiction contractWriting scenarios with a focus on clinical and behavioural learning objectives
Delivering IST: equipment, actors, props, resources, stage management
Adapting to other applications and settings (in-situ)

Participants will work in small groups with experienced clinical simulation instructors. The focus on the day will be practice and feedback using manikin simulators, actors, discussion and feedback.

Day 2: Debriefing, Reflection & Feedback

Aims

To develop communication skills relevant to learning and feedback – whether these are used in the setting of simulated learning (debriefing), clinical supervision or ward-based learning. The course focusses on conversations with individuals and groups

Topics covered

The course focuses on the following topics

Preparing learners for reflective conversations
Achieving structure and engagement (empathy) in conversations
Facilitating discussions with groups and individuals
Giving feedback
Promoting reflection and critical thinking
Coaching

Approach

Participants will work in small groups with experienced clinical simulation instructors engaging in discussion, role play, simulations with actors and feedback from instructors.

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