Concurrent Block #9

Hospital: Clinical Challenges/Innovations

Using Simulation and Mock Drills to Instill Confidence and Enhance Performance

The Art of Debriefing: Crafting a Safe & Collaborative Learning Environment after a Mock Code

Saturday, December 2, 2023

11:30 AM – 11:55 AM PST

Location: Town and Country Ballroom A

Primary Presenter(s)

Lisa M. Baker, MEd, BSN

Director, Resuscitation and Outreach
VHA SimLEARN
Orlando, FL, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Co-Presenter(s)

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Tracey Robilotto, APRN DNP

Associate Director
Veterans Health Administration
Orlando, Florida, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
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Amy Lindsey-Colon

Ed. D., MSN, RN, HES
U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Minneola, Florida, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Disclosure(s):

Lisa M. Baker, MEd, BSN: No financial relationships to disclose

Summary: Introducing a novel approach to creating psychological safety in debriefing mock code events that allows learners to apply and transition their experience into clinical practice.

Synopsis: Post event debriefing creates an opportunity where learners can reflect on their experiences related to individual, team and system performance. Debriefing can make learners feel uncomfortable, afraid to speak up and fearful of embarrassment. The VHA Resuscitation Education and Innovation (REdI) team utilizes a novel approach in creating psychological safety in debriefings through the use of a debriefing ball that allows the team to debrief in a non-threatening environment. Through the use of a debriefing ball, learners have the ability to analyze the significance of their experience, summarize their experience, and describe how they would apply their experience to future events.

Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate strategies to create a psychologically safe environment to debrief learners following a mock code event.
Build a debriefing framework that allows learners to reflect on their experience and translate it to future clinical practice.
This presentation will include components of a high quality collaborative cardiovascular and resuscitation program in a dispatch, EMS and / or healthcare system that has demonstrated improvement in survival from SCA.
This presentation will include strategies for implementing data collection and quality improvement programs in an ECC system to support accountability and reporting.