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How to debrief teamwork interactions: using circular questions to explore and change team interaction patterns

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: We submit that interaction patterns within healthcare teams should be more comprehensively explored during debriefings in simulation-based training because of their importance for clinical performance. We describe how circular questions can be used for that purpose. Circular questions are based on social constructivism. They include a variety of systemic interviewing methods. The goals of circular questions are to explore the mutual dependency of team members’ behavior and recurrent behavior patterns, to generate information, to foster perspective taking, to “fluidize” problems, and to put actions into relational contexts. We describe the nature of circular questions, the benefits they offer, and ways of applying them during debriefings.

Source: Advances in Simulation

DOI: 10.1186/s41077-016-0029-7

Authors: Michaela Kolbe, Adrian Marty, Julia Seelandt, Bastian Grande

Institutions: ETH Zurich, University Hospital Zurich

Language: English

Topic: Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,625

Funders: National Science Foundation, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung