Scriptapedia/Debriefing

Debriefing

This script is used to allow the modeling team to share initial impressions of the GMB session, debrief, and provide support to team members for improving GMB practice immediately after a GMB session.

Status

Best practices

Primary nature of group task

Evaluation

Time

Preparation time: 0 minutes

Time required during session: 45 minutes

Follow-up time: 0 minutes

Materials

None

Inputs

Detailed agenda of the session

Outputs

None

Roles

• Debriefer who is skilled at facilitating the group process, who is culturally sensitive, and who is generally only observing the modeling exercise

Steps

1. The debriefer assembles the modeling team and announces the start of the debriefing session.
2. The debriefer reviews the process the team will use to conduct the review.
3. The activity begins with a check-in to see how people are doing. This is important regardless of whether the session went well or badly.
4. Ask the following questions:
   • How are you feeling about how this GMB session went?
   • Overall, did we accomplish what the session was designed to do?
   • What went well during this session?
   • Were there any rough parts for you?
   • What did you learn from this session?
   • How could the session have been improved?

Evaluation Criteria

• The script should result in a stronger, more cohesive team after the debrief and a list of ways to improve the process

Authors

Amanda Lavallee, Timothy Hower, and Peter Hovmand, 2010

History

Created in 2010 in preparation for a GMB workshop with the Buder Center at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University.

Revisions

Revised 2013 by Peter Hovmand to reflect current practices.

References

None

Notes

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