Brief Debriefings 001: Effective Communication

BRIEF DEBRIEFINGS: “A lot of what we did this week was centered around effective communication…and often times that skill is just as important as the care that we deliver and the manner in which we deliver it.”- Lisa Osborne, DNP, CRNA. In this episode of Brief Debriefings, we talk with Tonya Schneidereith, Greg Louck, and Lisa Osborne about their experience participating in the Comprehensive Instructor Workshop at the Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) in Boston, MA. Tonya Schneidereith, a nurse practitioner and associate professor, came to the course wanting to develop an interprofessional education program using experiential learning at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Lisa Osborne, a nurse anesthetist and Director of Nurse Anesthesia Program, and Greg Louck, a nurse anesthetist and assistant professor, are working to incorporate debriefing strategies for their Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management (ACRM) course at the University of St. Francis. The group discusses what it’s like to jump back into simulation as a learner rather than an instructor, working as a team-player, and the importance of effective communications in clinical and non-clinical environments.