Benefits of Decision-Based Training
“Decision-Making Exercises are extremely powerful. I’ve worked with all the big simulators. This is the most inexpensive and most powerful education tool I’ve seen. You can sit them in front of the simulator, but you don’t get to understand their mental model and span of control for the unit. You see them do ‘X,’but you don’t know why they did it [be it right or wrong].”
“Using the DMX, we can focus our training on what each operator needs improvement in instead of trying to broad brush the same content across everyone. Being able to focus on their weaknesses has been the highest plus for us. It’s helped us understand where to improve their mental model of the system and process.”
Assessing Trainee Understanding After Training or Actual Incidents - What were your biggest concerns? - What cues were you paying attention to, to figure out what was going on? – What might a novice have failed to notice? – How could a novice have misinterpreted the situation? – In retrospect, what should you have been watching more closely? - What were the difficult decisions? – How could someone with less experience have made the wrong decision? – With hindsight, should you have considered other options?