Evaluation of Facilitators
Continuous improvement
To be an effective simulation facilitator, a practical understanding of continuous improvement is required. Continuous improvement is defined at many levels, including institutional commitment to simulation education, supporting and prioritising progress of healthcare learning, and professional development.
Clinical bodies, including all disciplines of healthcare and patients’ representatives, should have ownership of the design and implementation of simulation education. It is their learning, their workplace, and their health that stands to benefit.
Continuous improvement occurs as part of effective evaluation processes. As legislation, best practice, equipment, and other factors constantly change, the courses must also be modified to reflect these changes.
The course should also be modified if it is evident from participant feedback, employer feedback, or assessment analysis that the course is not effectively supporting participants in achieving the desired outcomes.
All continuous improvement should be documented to reflect the changes made. This can be as simple as version control on documents, documenting why changes that have been made may be beneficial.
Action plans
An action plan is a succinct reference that reflects recommendations as goals or objectives, the strategies and activities planned to achieve them, and the standards to which they will be compared, such as key performance indicators, and the timeframe for resolution.
Action plans can assume many formats to suit various purposes. An example is shown below:
