A survey of debriefing best practice standards implementation and training priorities in nursing simulation educators

Background: There is a lack of research that identifies the status of implementing the debriefing best practice standards and training needs to enhance debriefer competency.Question: This study aimed to identify the status of debriefing best practice standards implementation and training priorities in nursing simulation educators using importance-performance analysis. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive survey with a convenience sample of 143 Korean nurs-ing simulation educators. Collected data included perceived importance and self-assessed performance of debriefing best practice standards implementation and debriefer competency.Findings: The overall self-assessed performance score was significantly lower than the overall perceived importance of debriefing best practice standards implementation. There were significant positive corre-lations between Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare rubric and importance-performance. The need for debriefer skills development had the highest training demand.Discussion: An assessment of the perception of debriefing practice can be used to inform future debriefer competency development training programs by identifying areas of improvement according to debriefers.Conclusion: There are differences between self-rated competency in debriefing and the importance. There is a need for professional development to achieve optimal debriefer competency. Further study is needed to identify the effects of a debriefer skills development program on debriefer competency and learner outcomes.(c) 2022 Australian College of Nursing Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd.