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.