Learning Conversations: Feedback, Coaching and Debriefing in Health Professions Education

7 Minute Read Recently, simulation expert Professor Gerry Gormley shared that he had renamed his simulation debriefing room the Learning Conversation Room The name change is subtle, but it struck me as a powerful reframing. At a recent simulation symposium in Sydney, Professor Walter Eppich and Nathan Oliver challenged the common tendency to place “debriefing”, … More Learning Conversations: Feedback, Coaching and Debriefing in Health Professions Education

Hands up: how healthcare teams learn (and stop learning) together

Reflections from a recent Sydney simulation meeting led by Dr Davina Julliard and Prof Walter Eppich Picture a classroom full of children with their hands in the air, impatient to contribute. They have ideas, questions and the confidence to be wrong in public. Healthcare education can gradually socialise this instinct out of us, tempering our … More Hands up: how healthcare teams learn (and stop learning) together

Innovative Faculty Development in Healthcare Simulation

In 2018 we developed a “recent graduate” faculty development programme for healthcare simulation.  Rather than targeting senior staff, this new approach aimed to recruit PGY1-4 doctors (and other health professionals) for training in simulation. Around this time we observed a rapid increase in demand for simulation without necessary a proliferation of human resources and skilled-staff … More Innovative Faculty Development in Healthcare Simulation

ACEM OSCE Course (Updated May 2026)

ACE THE OSCE 2026:2 – Tickets Click Here Course dates Evening Taster: Tips and TricksThursday 25 June 2026, 1900 AESTOnline | Free Whole-Day Coached OSCE CourseFriday 24 July 2026, 0800 AESTWestmead Simulation Centre | In person | Paid Course details We look forward to welcoming you to Ace the OSCE, an established emergency medicine OSCE preparation course … More ACEM OSCE Course (Updated May 2026)