Jenny Rudolph, PhD is a life-long athlete who brings the joy of practice to learning in healthcare education, especially feedback, debriefing, and collaboration at point of care. As CMS’ Senior Director of Innovation, she keeps CMS on the cutting edge with research into AI-driven conversational learning, immersive mixed reality solutions, and implementation of organizational behavior strategies to drive culture change through conversation. She has been featured as a keynote speaker at simulation conferences around the world, and her podcast, Curious Now with Jenny Rudolph, is available weekly on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Healthcare and simulation leaders looking for one-on-one or group professional coaching from Jenny may be interested in our Personal Leadership Coaching service.
Debriefing with Good Judgment, the approach to reflective conversations which Jenny pioneered, has helped health educators world-wide promote dynamic, honest, non-threatening conversations. The Good Judgment approach pairs three key dichotomies to promote connection and learning: psychological safety and challenge in the learning environment; holding high standards and high regard for learners; and balancing advocacy and inquiry to share and elicit thought processes.
Jenny studied system dynamics at MIT Sloan School of Management, received a doctorate in organizational behavior from Boston College, was a National Science Foundation Fellow, and received a B.A. in sociology from Harvard College. Jenny is a Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
Contact: [email protected]
Course Faculty:
Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design and Debriefing
Media:
Publications:
Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare: Development and Psychometric Properties. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2012 Oct; 7(5):288-94. PMID: 22902606.
There’s No Such Thing as “Nonjudgmental” Debriefing: A Theory and Method for Debriefing with Good Judgment. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 1(1):p 49-55, Spring 2006.
Establishing a Safe Container for Learning in Simulation: The Role of the Presimulation Briefing. Simulation in Healthcare: Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 9(6):p 339-349, December 2014. | DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000047
Debriefing as Formative Assessment: Closing Performance Gaps in Medical Education. Academic Emergency Medicine, 15: 1010-1016. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00248.x
Debriefing with Good Judgment: Combining Rigorous Feedback with Genuine Inquiry, Anesthesiology Clinics, Volume 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-376, ISSN 1932-2275, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2007.03.007.
On the Receiving End: Sensemaking, Emotion, and Assessments of an Organizational Change Initiated by Others. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 42(2), 182-206. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886305285455 (Original work published 2006)
Readiness Planning: How to go beyond “buy-in” to achieve curricular harmony and frontline performance. Advances in Simulation (Lond). 2024 Dec 23;9(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s41077-024-00317-z. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39716251/
Clinical triggers and vital signs influencing crisis acknowledgment and calls for help by anesthesiologists: A simulation-based observational study. J Clin Anesth. 2023 11; 90:111235. PMID: 37633044.
Transforming Team Culture: A Case Study From Critical Care. Chest. 2023 06; 163(6):1448-1457. PMID: 36642367.
Simulation-based summative assessment in healthcare: an overview of key principles for practice. Advances in Simulation (Lond). 2022 Dec 28; 7(1):42. PMID: 36578052; PMCID: PMC9795938.
Strategy to Develop a Common Simulation Training Program: Illustration with Anesthesia and Intensive Care Residency in France. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2023 Oct-Dec; 35(5):537-549. PMID: 36251797.
Setting the stage for speaking up: psychological safety and directing care in acute care collaboration. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2022 01; 128(1):3-7. PMID: 34776122.
First steps towards international competency goals for residency training: a qualitative comparison of 3 regional standards in anesthesiology. BMC Medical Education. 2021 Nov 10; 21(1):569. PMID: 34758815.
Managing psychological safety in debriefings: a dynamic balancing act. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning. 2020; 6(3):164-171. PMID: 35518370; PMCID: PMC8936758.
Rapport Management: Opening the Door for Effective Debriefing. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2018 02; 13(1):1-2. PMID: 29117095.
Improving Anesthesiologists’ Ability to Speak Up in the Operating Room: A Randomized Controlled Experiment of a Simulation-Based Intervention and a Qualitative Analysis of Hurdles and Enablers. Academic Medicine. 2016 Apr; 91(4):530-9. PMID: 26703413.
Learner-Centered Debriefing for Health Care Simulation Education: Lessons for Faculty Development. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2016 Feb; 11(1):32-40. PMID: 26836466.
A behaviourally anchored rating scale for evaluating the use of the WHO surgical safety checklist: development and initial evaluation of the WHOBARS. BMJ Quality and Safety. 2016 10; 25(10):778-86. PMID: 26590200.
Co-debriefing for simulation-based education: a primer for facilitators. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2015 Apr; 10(2):69-75. PMID: 25710318.
Theories and styles of debriefing: the good judgment method as a tool for formative assessment in healthcare. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2015 Apr; 68(4):282-5. PMID: 25239179.
Improving faculty feedback to resident trainees during a simulated case: a randomized, controlled trial of an educational intervention. Anesthesiology. 2014 Jan; 120(1):160-71. PMID: 24398734.
Helping without harming: the instructor’s feedback dilemma in debriefing–a case study. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2013 Oct; 8(5):304-16. PMID: 24084647.
We know what they did wrong, but not why: the case for ‘frame-based’ feedback. Clinical Teaching. 2013 Jun; 10(3):186-9. PMID: 23656682.
Speaking across the drapes: communication strategies of anesthesiologists and obstetricians during a simulated maternal crisis. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2012 Jun; 7(3):166-70. PMID: 22569284.
Learning from accident and error: avoiding the hazards of workload, stress, and routine interruptions in the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2011 Dec; 18(12):1246-54. PMID: 22168187; PMCID: PMC3386799.
Examining Pediatric Resuscitation Education Using Simulation and Scripting. The birth of an international pediatric simulation research collaborative–from concept to reality. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2011 Feb; 6(1):34-41. PMID: 21330848.
Teaching residents the two-challenge rule: a simulation-based approach to improve education and patient safety. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2009; 4(2):84-91. PMID: 19444045.
Sidestepping superstitious learning, ambiguity, and other roadblocks: a feedback model of diagnostic problem solving. American Journal of Medicine. 2008 May; 121(5 Suppl):S34-7. PMID: 18440353.