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Title: Implementing Distributed Feedback in a Tool that Supports Peer-to-Peer Simulation in Healthcare
MedDbriefer is a web based ITS designed to enable healthcare students to do clinical scenarios anytime, anywhere. While one student “voice treats” a scenario’s patient(s) as the leader of a mock Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team, a peer records the team’s actions by using the system’s checklists, on a tablet. When the scenario ends, MedDbriefer analyzes the event log and generates a debriefing. MedDbriefer also provides a platform for research on simulation-based training. This paper describes how the system’s debriefing engine could be extended to deliver feedback during a scenario, as well as afterwards. MedDbriefer could then be used to compare the effectiveness of different ways of timing feedback delivery in computer-based simulation systems.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2016018
PAR ID:
10545427
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ; ; ;
Editor(s):
Sifaleras, A; Lin, F
Publisher / Repository:
Springer, Cham
Date Published:
Edition / Version:
1
Volume:
14798)
ISBN:
978-3-031-63027-9
Page Range / eLocation ID:
300-311
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Automated debriefing Computer-based simulation systems EMS training Feedback MedDbriefer Microdebriefing Peer-to-peer simulation
Format(s):
Medium: X Other: .pdf
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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