Abstract
Effective judging is a crucial component of the overall educational value of SimWars competitions for both the participants and the audience. Unlike most forms of medical education evaluation, SimWars competitions are audited and often decided by a group of informed observers - the audience. The role of the judges is multifaceted. Judges must be at once didactic and frank with the teams while simultaneously influencing the audience's voting behavior in an effort to enhance the chance that the best team will emerge victorious. A SimWars judge must keep this in mind both in the formulation and in the subsequent delivery of constructive criticism. In sum, a successful SimWars judge provides insight, and often entertainment, in a remarkably confined time frame - frequently shorter than 90 seconds. This chapter offers several strategies that can be used for the successful execution of SimWars judging duties as a method for maximizing the educational impact of this increasingly popular and useful learning modality.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Simwars Simulation Case Book |
| Subtitle of host publication | Emergency Medicine |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 22-26 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781107111011 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781107625280 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |