DASH (Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare©)
Debriefing clinical simulation experiences is increasingly understood as a crucial step in clarifying and consolidating insights and lessons from simulations. The Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare is designed to assist in evaluating and developing debriefing skills. Debriefing is a conversation among two or more people to review a simulated event or activity in which participants explore, analyze and synthesize their actions and thought processes, emotional states and other information to improve performance in real situations. High participant engagement is a hallmark of strong debriefings because it leads to deeper levels of learning and increases the likelihood of transfer to the clinical setting.
The DASH evaluates the strategies and techniques used to conduct debriefings by examining concrete behaviors. It is based on evidence and theory about how people learn and change in experiential contexts. The DASH is designed to allow assessment of debriefings from a variety of disciplines and courses, varying numbers of participants, and a wide range of educational objectives, as well as various physical and time constraints.
Copyright
Center for Medical Simulation, Cambridge, MA 02139, www.harvardmedsim.org. Permission is granted for you to use the Debriefing for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH) instrument in your simulation program during the validation research. If you use the DASH, you agree to provide data you collect with it to the Center for Medical Simulation (CMS), which will be used to validate the instrument. Data will be used only in the aggregate. Please contact us at dash@harvardmedsim.org for questions.
A link to the DASH score sheet and data collection form can be found on this page.
DASH Rater Training
DASH Rater training opportunities; April, 14 2010, September 8, 2010. If you are interested contact Paul Montgomery
Tuition Payment
Tuition is $350 USD per connection, $250 USD for subsequent registrations from the same institution. IMS graduates get a 10% discount. Each person must have their own computer with internet access to participate in the practice ratings. This is the first step in the process we are developing for certification of raters. We envision certificated raters as part of a larger process for certifying debriefers. Click here to Register
DASH Citation
Simon R, Rudolph JW, Raemer DB. Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare. Cambridge, MA Center for Medical Simulation, 2009.
