Neonatal Simulation Card: Debriefing and Co-Debriefing (Cards) | Released: 25 Mar 2022

The Neonatal Simulation Card: Debriefing/Co-debriefing provides busy simulation instructors with convenient prompts to have on hand during debriefing after a simulation scenario. Specific strategies to facilitate delivery of debriefing are featured, as well as the advantages and challenges of co-debriefing, with suggested mitigation strategies to use in co-debriefing situations.

Instructors who are new to conducting simulation debriefings may find this cheat sheet especially helpful. This card is laminated, so it can take some wear and tear!
About the Author: Dr Lamia Soghier, MD, MEd, FAAP is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington DC. She is a board-certified neonatologist and the Medical Unit Director of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and the NICU Quality and Safety Officer at Children's National Medical Center. She received her medical degree from the University of Alexandria in Egypt and completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and neonatology fellowship at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY. Dr Soghier is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatrics and Neonatology. She is an active clinician and researcher, has been involved with multiple neonatology publications, and has been the lead editor of the AAP Reference Range Values in Pediatrics since 2012.

Dr Soghier is also the Director of Education at Children's National. She obtained her master's degree in medical education from the George Washington University in 2017. Dr Soghier has a profound interest in medical education for the care of newborns worldwide. She has travelled extensively to promote clinician education as a means of improving the health of newborns. Her research and education focus on application of novel technology in skill acquisition by pediatric trainees. She has spoken both nationally and internationally on medical education and neonatal research.

Beverley Robin, MD, MHPE, CHSE, FAAP, completed her medical training at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She went on to complete her pediatrics residency at Johns Hopkins University Hospital and her neonatology fellowship at the University of Chicago. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center and the director of the Rush Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship program. Her research interests include graduate medical education and the use of simulation in health professions education and training.