The Trainer's Compass

General description for Trainer's Compass: The overall objective of TEAMS project is to develop,
pilot and assess a standardized training package (set of simulation exercises), focused on
operational team training for EMCs/EMTs, adapable to different types of EMCs/EMTs

Facilitation

In this session you will get tips on how to structure conversations, apply appropriate group facilitation techniques to keep discussions effective and foster participation getting participants to come up with ideas, thoughts and perspectives that add value.

Concept note

Goals

The goal of this module is to provide participants with the theoretical basis and practical tools to improve their facilitation skills in the context of simulation exercises. Understanding the role of facilitators within the learning process and applying appropriate facilitation skills is key to a successful learning experience.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this session, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the principles of adult learning and how to integrate them into facilitation
  2. Describe the role and main characteristics of a good facilitator
  3. List the main steps to appropriately plan for exercise facilitation
  4. Apply facilitation strategies recommended at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of an exercise
  5. Describe possible challenges faced while facilitating an exercise and propose different solutions to overcome these challenges

Facilitation

In this session you will get tips on how to structure conversations, apply appropriate group facilitation techniques to keep discussions effective and foster participation getting participants to come up with ideas, thoughts and perspectives that add value.

Concept note

Goals

The goal of this module is to provide participants with the theoretical basis and practical tools to improve their facilitation skills in the context of simulation exercises. Understanding the role of facilitators within the learning process and applying appropriate facilitation skills is key to a successful learning experience.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this session, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the principles of adult learning and how to integrate them into facilitation
  2. Describe the role and main characteristics of a good facilitator
  3. List the main steps to appropriately plan for exercise facilitation
  4. Apply facilitation strategies recommended at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of an exercise
  5. Describe possible challenges faced while facilitating an exercise and propose different solutions to overcome these challenges

Videocast

Exercise

Post-test

Please take a post-test to see comparison between knowledge. The test contains 5 questions. Before you start, please learn the materials above.