Tag: Education

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

June 16, 2026

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

June 13, 2026

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

SIMULATION Flashback – Guide on the Side versus Sage on the Stage

April 1, 2024

Simulation Flashback Our friend Dr Walter Eppich (@learnthrutalk) presented on his paper “Learner-Centered Debriefing for Health Care Simulation Education: Lessons for Faculty Development” at AMEE 2017. In a brief epiphany, we flashed back to our notes on this topic today – realising how positively influential this paper and follow up work has become for the … More SIMULATION Flashback – Guide on the Side versus Sage on the Stage