Debrief after implementing reasonable adjustments
Debrief after implementing reasonable adjustments
A debriefing process is not regarded as mandatory but is recommended to capture feedback of reasonable adjustments from the student, educator, team members, service users and the education institution. Debriefing promotes reflection, learning, insight and action planning for future placements.
A productive debriefing process can usually be undertaken in one meeting. Between 30-60 minutes is deemed as optimal for most debriefing meetings. However if you are including the views of service users or wider team members, seeking their views in advance may be helpful.
There are three aspects that contribute to conducting an effective debriefing (adapted from Harvard Business Review [2015]).
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Schedule a time and place |
The key here is to make the debriefing "expected", so everyone adopts a learning mindset before the debriefing even takes place. When people know they’re going to be meeting, they’ll begin gathering the insights they wish to share in advance.
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Create a learning environment |
Expectations should be set so people know that learning is what is most important about the debrief. The outcomes and the experiences from the reasonable adjustments, both positive and challenging, should be considered as shared results, recognising that everyone had a hand in creating them.
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Debrief: three key questions |
This is regarded as the heart of a good debriefing. Ask all participants come to the meeting with thoughts prepared on these questions:
- What were we trying to accomplish?
- Where did we achieve or not achieve what we were trying to accomplish?
- What can we learn from, continue doing or plan for future placements?
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Make sure to capture lessons learned in a format that can be shared and easily referred to in the future. Educational institutions may have placement documentation that incorporates reflection and learning development templates that can be used. |
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Remember, both the NMC (2019) and the HCPC (2015) encourage people with the desire and potential, to become health and care professionals. As regulatory bodies they value the diversity of registrants. Embracing and supporting implementation of reasonable adjustment during practice placements is key to facilitating this. |
Debrief after implementing reasonable adjustments