Everest Simulation Reflection Paper
| Mt. Everest Simulation Reflection Paper | Assignment 1 | | | |
Individual reflection on the Mt. Everest Simulation exercise carried out on 5th October and the subsequent debriefing on 12th October |
The Everest simulation was a unique experience. Before the actual simulation started, my team discussed the approach we would take and how we will deal with situations wherein the personal goals collided with the team goals. We shared our character profile information with each other and began the exercise with excitement and a firm resolve to do our best.
The team finished achieving 41% of its goals. Two of our members had to be rescued and we didn’t manage to attain any of the weather, oxygen or medical challenges. We thought we had a good strategy in place and a good team atmosphere going, but our understanding of certain situations turned out to be misplaced. We misgauged certain situations and ended up hitting the wrong targets in situations that were open to more than one interpretation.
After debriefing we found out that some of the members only shared the information that they thought was relevant and there was one issue we could have addressed better if we had the entire information before us.
Also at the onset I would like to mention an event that may have resulted in a slightly different final result. At Camp 3, the team decided unanimously to stay and rest for a day as the health of all members had become critical. While three members locked in their decision to stay back, the leader accidently pressed the choice of moving to Camp 4. This caused the photographer, who had not locked in his choice till then, to also move to Camp 4 with deteriorated health. He had to be rescued immediately. I document this at this stage as I might reference it later in the paper while reviewing some of the actions and choices.
I was the physician and achieved 70% of my goals. I managed to attain all of my personal goals but unfortunately 2 members
Individual reflection on the Mt. Everest Simulation exercise carried out on 5th October and the subsequent debriefing on 12th October |
The Everest simulation was a unique experience. Before the actual simulation started, my team discussed the approach we would take and how we will deal with situations wherein the personal goals collided with the team goals. We shared our character profile information with each other and began the exercise with excitement and a firm resolve to do our best.
The team finished achieving 41% of its goals. Two of our members had to be rescued and we didn’t manage to attain any of the weather, oxygen or medical challenges. We thought we had a good strategy in place and a good team atmosphere going, but our understanding of certain situations turned out to be misplaced. We misgauged certain situations and ended up hitting the wrong targets in situations that were open to more than one interpretation.
After debriefing we found out that some of the members only shared the information that they thought was relevant and there was one issue we could have addressed better if we had the entire information before us.
Also at the onset I would like to mention an event that may have resulted in a slightly different final result. At Camp 3, the team decided unanimously to stay and rest for a day as the health of all members had become critical. While three members locked in their decision to stay back, the leader accidently pressed the choice of moving to Camp 4. This caused the photographer, who had not locked in his choice till then, to also move to Camp 4 with deteriorated health. He had to be rescued immediately. I document this at this stage as I might reference it later in the paper while reviewing some of the actions and choices.
I was the physician and achieved 70% of my goals. I managed to attain all of my personal goals but unfortunately 2 members