ENHANCING TRANSFER OF TRAINING - USING ROLE-PLAY TO FOSTER TEAMWORK IN THE COCKPIT

Role-plays serve a unique purpose in providing practice and feedback f or aircrew team development training in the classroom. When compared w ith other training strategies, role-play provides targeted practice an d feedback of specific behaviors at low cost, with the trade-off being the amount of fidelity it provides. This article presents guidelines for designing role-plays to elicit crew resource management (CRM) beha viors and providing feedback to trainees on their performance. Through careful design procedures, a role-play exercise can provide both targ eted practice and feedback and serve a useful purpose in the overall t raining design of a CRM training program.