This criterion focuses on creating a “safe” environment to promote optimal learning.

• Orient the participants to the overall debriefing process.
• Establish expectations regarding confidentiality of participants’ performance, the content of the simulation scenario, and the content of the debriefing discussion.
• Acknowledge and validate the participants’ emotional response to the simulation-based experience and their primary concerns before engaging in reflection on and analysis of actions.
• Use verbal and nonverbal supportive demeanor to engage discussion.
• Engage both observers and participants in debriefing to support collaborative learning.
• Manage unexpected participant responses.
• Apply principles of group facilitation to ensure the balanced participation of all participants in the discussion.
• Adjust the level of facilitation to that which is required by the group.
• Conduct the debriefing in a conference room or special debrief room separate from where the simulation occurred when possible or as appropriate.
• Facilitate the debriefing immediately after the live simulation session.
• Follow INACSL Standards:
  • Professional Integrity
  • Facilitation

Watch the video below and identify what the faculty leading the debrief does to foster and support an environment of learning.