Innovative Debriefing Protocol for Simulation Training Improvement

Previous multidisciplinary study of vocational simulation training helped us to elaborate an innovative debriefing protocol for simulation training sessions in seven steps applying two key principles (called “debriefing 7S2P”). This study aimed at testing its efficacy and assessing its potential performance. This was undertaken experimentally for simulation training sessions in industrial context gathering novice and experienced workers (N=68) to perform individually a simple technical task. The results obtained showed that this debriefing protocol could provide a gain of performance up to 30%. Analysis and explanation were provided thanks to the revisited Rasmussen’s SRK model [1] and Kolb’s experiential learning cycle [2,3].