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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Ergon. 2018 Mar 30;70:288–299. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2018.03.011

Table 3.

Example of structured debriefing questions from the Simulation Director’s Guide

DESIGN ELEMENT EVALUATION QUESTIONS
Doors

  1. Does the location of the doors facilitate an easy movement of patient in and out of the room?

  2. Does the location of the door accommodate bringing in the equipment and carts in and out of the room?

  3. Do you think the location of doors in this layout will facilitate easy movement to supplies?

  4. Does the number of doors allow for effective separation of the CN’s travel path from patient?
Scrub Sink Location

  1. Does the location of the scrub sink work for different team members?

  2. What do you think about the length of the surgeon’s travel from the scrub sink to the patient bed after scrubbing?

  3. What do you think about the views into the OR from the scrub sink and door under different configurations?
Surgery Sidedness (specify the side of the surgery in the notes) When the surgery located in the left/right/head/foot of the surgical table:

  1. Is there enough space for scrub nurse and instrument tables in different bed positions?

  2. Is there enough space for anesthesia team?

  3. Is access to supplies, workstation and patient convenient for anesthesia team?

  4. Does the CN have visibility to surgical field and team members?

  5. What do you think about the location and direction of the monitors for surgeon?
CN Workstation

  1. Would the chargeable battery-powered mobile workstation work in an OR?

  2. Does this model work well for different types of surgeries?
Displays

  1. If wall displays change over the course of the surgery, who would coordinate the displays?

  2. Where should the controls for the displays be located?

  3. What types of information would you like to see on a wall display?

  4. Where should the information be displayed?

  5. For different surgical locations and team positions, would the preferred location of displays need to change?
Storage (general and anesthesia)

  1. Is the location of storage for anesthesia personnel easy to access by the anesthesia team?

  2. How much space is adequate for the anesthesia team to avoid interference with anesthesia storage?

  3. How often during a surgery, would you need to get those?

  4. Is there anyone else on the team who would need to get to the supplies located in this anesthesia cabinet?

  5. Is the location of storage near the CN convenient for everyone on the team?

  6. Are there any obstructions to using the CN storage?

  7. Where do you want the storage in the room?

  8. How much needs to be in the room?