Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2015

Publisher

Wiley

Source Publication

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Source ISSN

1876-1399

Abstract

Debriefing for Meaningful Learning© (DML) is a method of debriefing that can be used in simulation environments and other clinical settings to foster student's reflective thinking and learning. It has been used successfully with prelicensure nursing students, graduate nursing students, and interdisciplinary health care students throughout the nursing curriculum with positive learning outcomes. This method can be challenging to learn because it uses Socratic questioning and principles of active learning to uncover thinking associated with actions, but once learned, DML can be a model for reflective thinking that students can use to develop clinical reasoning and become reflective practitioners. Moreover, DML challenges taken-for-granted assumptions in an iterative yet consistent process of group dialog that students can use long into their practice. This article describes how faculty can get started using DML and demonstrates the iterative process of the method with examples from simulation debriefing.

Comments

Accepted version. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 5 (May 2015): 268-275. DOI. © 2015 Elsevier. Used with permission.

Kristina Thomas Dreifuerst was affiliated with Indiana University at the time of publication.

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