Professional Development and Simulation Education
iSIM - Improving Simulation Instructional Methods
This introductory course, which was designed at the UM Gordon Center and the WISER Simulation Center at University of Pittsburgh, has been offered across the US and internationally. The course runs as a mix of short lecture/discussion sessions followed by hands-on practice opportunities to design, run, and debrief several mini-simulation teaching scenarios. This course is offered at alternating sites between the Simulation Hospital and the Gordon Center.
Simulation Education Professional Development Series
Overview of the PEARLS Debriefing Tool
Simulation educators have recognized the essential role of debriefing in simulation learning to help transform experience into learning. Debriefing is a facilitated reflection in the cycle of experiential learning to help identify and close gaps in knowledge and skills. PEARLS [Promoting Excellence And Reflective Learning in Simulation] is a framework for a blended approach to debriefing proposed by Drs. Walter Eppich and Adam Cheng. This self-directed learning session will serve as a guide for using the PEARLS approach for simulation debriefings. This course is available for continuing nursing professional development credit. Learn More
Rapid Cycle Debriefing
Simulation debriefings have traditionally been conducted at the end of a scenario. However, in some cases waiting until the end of the scenario to discuss the performance made it hard for learners to connect their actions and thoughts at the time, to what went right or wrong. This is particularly true for scenarios like an ACLS algorithm, the steps for emergency airway management, or a trauma resuscitation – where the sequence of knowledge and skills is guided by algorithms or protocols. Rapid cycle debriefing moves debriefing and feedback into the scenario itself, the immediate opportunity to Pause-Reflect-Correct. This self-directed learning session will serve as a guide for using Rapid Cycle Debriefing as an alternative approach for specific simulation debriefings. This course is available for continuing nursing professional development credit. Coming Soon
The Role of Prebriefing in Patient Simulation
While simulation educators are familiar with the role of debriefing following a simulation scenario, prebriefing on the front end is often overlooked. Prebriefing is essential tosimulation success and may enhance debriefing and reflection. What should be included in a prebriefing and how does it relate to the scenario design and objectives? Will a prebrief give away the patient diagnosis or surprise element of the scenario? How does the debrief at the end relate to the prebrief at the front? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the This self-directed learning session will serve as a guide for using Prebriefing in patient simulation. This course is available for continuing nursing professional development credit. Coming Soon
