Abstract

Background. Healthcare systems must adapt iteratively in response to external and local challenges while keeping patients and staff safe. Clinical debriefing is a cost-effective contributor to safety culture, facilitating learning and team adaptations that lead to improved processes, patient outcomes, and staff resilience. In the aftermath of the COVID19 pandemic, an interest has emerged in adopting TALK (c) to guide clinical debriefing to promote safety, mutual support, and cultural change within healthcare teams in Latin American contexts. Aims. To evaluate the quality and applicability of TALK (c) debriefing training in Latin American settings and the willingness to debrief after an educational intervention. Methods. Retrospective and descriptive study, examining anonymous data collected over 18 months after completing a TALK (c) Debriefing Course for Healthcare Professionals face-to-face or online. Data collected included participant characteristics, course details, quality and applicability of the intervention, and willingness to debrief. Results. Five hundred and forty-five participants were enrolled, most from Argentina and Mexico. The overall quality of the intervention scored 19.62/20 points, obtaining 4.86/5 points for applicability. There were no significant differences between virtual and face-to-face sessions. After the intervention, >= 93.76% of participants felt able to engage in clinical debriefing, and 97.06% reported willingness to debrief. Conclusions. Dissemination of multi-professional clinical debriefing training in Latin America is feasible and easily scalable. The quality of the educational intervention was rated excellent in both virtual and face-to-face settings, supporting the value of remote educational diffusion. Most participants in this study intervention felt prepared and willing to debrief following the intervention. (c) 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ )