{"id":2129,"date":"2016-10-25T14:41:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T13:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexmacdonald.info\/draw\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=2129"},"modified":"2017-11-21T12:42:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T12:42:31","slug":"springboard","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/alexmacdonald.info\/draw\/portfolio\/springboard\/","title":{"rendered":"the springboard moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shithappens-th-list\"A key element in the setting up of A DRAW scenario is the identification of a springboard moment. This is the moment in the drama where the doctor is faced with her difficult decision. She must now act; but how? The problem has been explained by the previous dramatic action; the class is emotionally involved in the dramatic situation; and now the doctor faces her problem — there has been a mistake, bad news must be broken, expectations must be managed, competence has been questioned, and so on. All eyes are on the doctor. She opens her mouth to speak — and the video is paused. Now a postgraduate junior doctor is selected from the class and the role-play begins, with the DRAW facilitator playing the part of the other party — the relative, the patient, the colleague, as appropriate.<\/p>\n

Examples of springboard moments?<\/strong> (though remember that the suitability of each of these will depend strongly upon the context and intensity of the surrounding drama). Here’s half a dozen.<\/p>\n