GDPR-Compliant · On-Premise · Made in Germany
Audio-Video Debriefing for Your Skills Lab
- Made in Germany
- GDPR-Compliant
- 50+ Countries
- 35+ Years Experience
A Typical Skills Lab Scenario
By the Time the Debriefing Starts, the Critical 30 Seconds Have Often Faded.
A typical nursing scenario: a patient complains of shortness of breath, and two nursing students take over. In the debriefing, each of them remembers a different order of events. Did they speak to the patient first, or check oxygen saturation first? When did they perform hand hygiene, and when did they call for help?
With many learners, few instructors and limited practice time, there is little room for such questions. What gets discussed depends on who supervised the station and what caught their attention. Keeping consistent standards across all instructors becomes difficult.
Nobody learns well when they’re afraid of being exposed or judged. Students early in their nursing program often experience the camera as an exam. And programs that already have recording technology often know the opposite of simple: rigid systems that get expensive to extend.
With a marker for every step, the video shows the actual sequence. The question of what came first is settled in seconds, and the conversation can move on to why.
A debriefing shouldn’t depend on who remembers what. Learning in the skills lab should be based on what actually happened, not on different memories of it.
Technology That Supports Your Instructors
You Shape the Learning. We Make Sure the Technology Keeps Up.
Nurse educators, preceptors and faculty are the experts on debriefing in the skills lab. We know which technology you need, when and for what: close-ups at the bedside, clear audio for quiet conversations, a marker for every step and operation that rotating staff can handle without lengthy training.
Video Technology and Behavioral Research Since 1991
More than 35 years of experience in software development, video technology and observational research, with customers in more than 50 countries.
Direct Manufacturer Support
Development, manufacturing and support from Germany. Your questions go straight to the manufacturer, not to a reseller.
Keep Using Your Equipment
Manikins, simulators and existing devices are integrated regardless of manufacturer.
Simple for Rotating Staff
Start recording, set markers, play back a scene: operation is designed so that instructors who are only occasionally in the skills lab can work with it confidently.
How Users Experience Our Support
Markus Ellinger, Deputy Director of Nursing
Rottal-Inn Kliniken
" The video debriefing system from Mangold helps us enormously in training at our simulation center. Mangold is always there to help with any questions, so we can make the most of the system. "
Three Steps
How to Get Started With Video Debriefing in Your Skills Lab
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Define Stations and Workflow
Together we define practice rooms, learning stations, scenarios and your sequence of briefing, skills training and debriefing.
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Installation or Case, Then Onboarding
Mangold International installs the technology in your skills lab or delivers turnkey mobile system cases for changing practice rooms, and gets your teaching team up and running.
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Practice, Mark, Review Together
Learners practice, instructors mark each step, and in the debriefing every scene is available with a single click.
The Bridge Between Theory and Practice, Made Visible
Consistent quality, no matter who is teaching: Mangold International provides the technology that turns briefing, skills training and debriefing into one continuous, video-based learning process.
Capture Realistic Scenarios
Whether with simulated patients or high-tech manikins, unobtrusive cameras and microphones capture the scene in the practice room without disturbing it. The training stays real; the technology fades into the background.
Make Communication and Action Visible
Workflows, tone and talking while acting become reviewable on video. This is exactly where professional competence is decided.
Free Up Instructors
Instead of taking notes, instructors mark each step with a click and keep their eyes on the learners.
Structured Debriefing in Class
Marked key moments turn into short feedback sequences right after the scenario. Learners can also review their sequences on their own.
Why Nursing Schools and Skills Labs Choose Mangold International
Tailored to Nursing, Not Repurposed from Medicine
Nursing simulation is a distinct field. Bedside close-up, directional microphones for quiet bedside talk, and unobtrusive technology in the care room and living area are designed for the nursing process, relationship-building, and observation.
The Preceptor Is Relieved
Markers set during the scenario replace note-taking. The preceptor stays focused on observing, and in the debriefing feedback rests on concrete sequences rather than impressions.
Mangold INTERACT Integration for Nursing Research
Recordings can be processed directly in Mangold INTERACT, for example for studies on the quality of communication and interaction. A training system can grow into a research environment when needed.
Scalable and User-Configurable
From the portable case for flexible use to the networked skills lab, Mangold International covers every configuration on the same software architecture. Institutions can make adjustments independently of Mangold International, ensuring future-readiness and full cost control.
Why Video Debriefing Works in the Skills Lab
Thinking, planning, trying, exchanging, discussing and reflecting shape learning in the skills lab. Video makes one’s own actions reviewable and turns an experience into a learning object you can discuss.
How attentive and precise one was often looks different in memory than it does from the outside. Video corrects without confrontation because learners see their own actions instead of having them described.
The skills lab creates reliable, plannable learning situations that cannot always be reproduced on a real ward or in a real living area. Mistakes become an opportunity to learn rather than a real-world danger.
The skills lab sits at the sensitive interface between the classroom and practice. Video-based reflection brings theoretical and practical knowledge together deliberately and strengthens the transfer of what has been learned.
Skills Training and Simulation in the Skills Lab
Skills training focuses on small-step workflows. Preparation, execution and follow-up when placing an indwelling catheter, administering injections or performing a sterile dressing change are practiced step by step. With a marker for each step, the sequence becomes verifiable on video.
Simulations require non-standardized actions. A ward-round situation between patient, nurse and attending physician or a counseling conversation with a patient who is not adhering to treatment gives learners the tools to meet comparable situations with growing professionalism.
Tone, address and relationship-building are decided in seconds. Video makes conversation management and de-escalation traceable and discussable, rather than reconstructing them from memory.
Resuscitation, emergency management or complex acute situations under realistic conditions: team communication and structured action are reviewed in the debriefing from several perspectives.
Whether nursing, therapy, midwifery or medicine: because professional practice usually requires teamwork, learners work in pairs or small groups. Every institution can simulate its own workflows and develop new solutions for patient care from them.
The completeness and structure of the handover and of the report to the physician become audible and verifiable. Well suited to practicing and reinforcing SBAR / ISBAR.
Benefits of Video Debriefing in the Skills Lab
Every learning moment, one click away, for communication, observation and hands-on competence.
A marker for each step shows what happened when. The debriefing examines the action, not the person.
Learners who see their own actions on video link knowledge to experience they can draw on later.
Learners can review their sequences on their own and prepare for the next session, even when no instructor is available.
Shared markers and checklists keep debriefing quality consistent, regardless of who supervises the learning station.
Professional Recording in the Practice Room
Capture the action and the relational dynamic at once, with clear address in the room.
Close-Up Plus Room Overview
Multiple synchronized perspectives on one timeline: the action at the practice station and the entire workflow in the room.
Clear Audio
Body-worn wireless microphones capture quiet conversation and address intelligibly, so communication stays reviewable in the debriefing.
Portable or Stationary
Choose between the portable case for changing rooms and a fixed skills lab installation.
Scenario Design
Create custom scenarios for targeted training and precise feedback.
Observation, Central Control, and Checklists for the Instructor
The instructor observes the scene from the adjacent room, controls media and cameras centrally, and gives feedback based on concrete sequences rather than impressions.
Multimedia Integration
Weave sounds, images, and alarms into training scenarios to make situations more realistic and demanding.
Centralized Control
Manage all media and camera elements from a single interface in the observation room for smooth delivery.
Markers Instead of Note-Taking
Set markers at key moments live or in post-analysis. The instructor stays focused on observing instead of writing minutes.
Checklists via QR Code
Checklists are completed on a tablet through a web-based checklist, per session and without internet, and linked to the recording.
Debriefing and Feedback in Class
Structured feedback builds attitude, communication, and lasting learning.
Make Communication Discussable
Show tone, address, and relationship-building through real sequences instead of describing them. This corrects self-perception without confrontation.
Optimized Debriefing
Jump to the marked key moments with a single click and generate short feedback sequences for the debriefing.
From Portable Case to Networked Skills Lab
Adapt the system to your program. From mobile in-situ training to a fixed skills lab, Mangold International delivers every video debriefing solution from a single source.
Portable System for Schools and In-Situ Training
The flexible video debriefing solution for changing practice rooms and for training on site.
Rapid Deployment
Set up and ready within minutes, ideal for changing practice rooms and in-situ training.
Compact Design
All components fit in rugged cases for easy transport, ready to start immediately.
Self-Contained System
Built-in storage and local processing allow operation without a network connection or external infrastructure.
Stationary Skills Lab with Observation Room
Professional fixed installation for permanent use in schools and skills labs with a dedicated observation room.
Separate Observation Room
The learning group observes from the adjacent room without disturbing the situation. All audio, video, and data streams converge centrally.
Unobtrusive Technology in the Practice Room
Cameras and microphones are integrated permanently and unobtrusively so the scene stays real.
Cross-Room Communication
Direct communication between the observation room and the practice room, for example for cues and control.
What You Can Expect From Us
Your quote lists the full scope for your skills lab, from cameras and wireless microphones to onboarding your instructors. There are no hidden costs.
You set up new learning stations, scenarios, markers and checklists yourself within the system design. Operation stays simple, even for rotating staff.
Updates, service and extensions remain available to you for years. They are not a prerequisite for running the system.
No cloud: recordings of learners and simulated patients are processed and stored GDPR-compliant, exclusively on your own server. Whisper AI transcription runs locally as well.
Audio-Video Debriefing Systems for Your Skills Lab
From the system case for changing practice rooms to the networked multi-room skills lab. Every system can be extended later.
Portable Skills Lab System
A portable audio/video recording system with debriefing functionality for schools and in-situ training.
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The easiest path to professional video debriefing in the skills lab...
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Synchronized Recording
Synchronized recording of typically 2 HD cameras with vario-zoom, for close-up and room overview.
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Clear Audio
Body-worn wireless microphone for intelligible address and quiet conversation, mixed into the recorded video feeds.
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Markers & Comments
Mark key moments live for focused feedback, using pre-defined or custom markers.
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Easy Feedback & Debriefing
Use markers and comments to jump instantly to the key sequences and let learners see their own behavior.
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Automatic Video Creation
Create feedback sequences with the Mangold Highlight Movie Creator, which automatically edits short videos from your markers.
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Remote Control
Control the recording and debriefing session remotely from a Windows / Android tablet or phone when needed.
Stationary Skills Lab System
A stationary audio/video recording system with an observation room for the fixed skills lab.
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Everything from Portable plus...
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Extended Recording
Synchronized recording of typically 2 to 4 HD cameras with vario-zoom or remotely controlled Pan/Tilt/Zoom.
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Multi-Channel Audio
Multiple body-worn wireless and ceiling microphones for clear sound, mixed into the video feeds and as individual tracks.
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Media Screens
Send sounds, images, and alarms to remote screens in the scenario for an immersive experience.
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Observation in the Adjacent Room
Send audio/video streams to the observation room for the learning group and additional observers.
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Web-Based Assessment
Define checklists for instructors that are completed via QR code on a tablet and linked to the recording.
Multi-Room Skills Lab
A custom solution for multiple practice rooms and learning stations with central control and location-change scenarios.
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Everything from Stationary plus...
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Multi-Room Management
Central control of multiple practice rooms and learning stations from a single interface.
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Various Audio/Video Feeds
Almost any audio or video stream can be recorded and mixed to match even complex scenarios.
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Advanced Control and Automation
Third-party systems can be integrated and automated via an API, a trigger system, and Action Scripting for reproducible scenario setups.
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Studio Mode for Location Changes
Switch video feeds seamlessly during recording, just like in a broadcast studio. Ideal for scenarios with location changes, such as moving from the ward to the living area.
From Memory to What Actually Happened, at Every Learning Station
See in a free demo how a marker for every step changes your debriefing. Or start with a consultation about your rooms and learning stations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a skills lab?
A skills lab is a dedicated training space designed for hands-on education in the health professions. Learners practice nursing and medical skills in realistic environments, safely, in a structured way and without risk to real patients. Through the targeted use of manikins, simulated patients and modern video and audio technology, complex scenarios such as emergencies, communication training or clinical decision-making can be trained and reflected on effectively.
What is the difference between skills training and simulation?
Skills training focuses on small-step workflows. The emphasis is on practicing skills and learning to perform workflows flawlessly, for example placing an indwelling catheter or performing a sterile dressing change. Simulations require non-standardized actions that aim to expand competence, such as a ward-round situation or a counseling conversation. Thinking, planning, trying, exchanging, discussing and reflecting shape learning here.
How does a skills lab session work?
A structured approach matters so that participants return to their field of practice with effective results. A session typically has three phases: briefing and introduction with a short instruction and status-quo discussion, the skills training itself at one or more learning stations in small groups, and the debriefing with structured feedback through video analysis of the actions. Mangold International provides the technology that connects these three phases end to end.
What role does video debriefing play in the skills lab?
The debriefing is the central learning phase. Structured video review makes workflows, communication and observation skills traceable. Markers lead precisely to the key moments, and marked scenes turn into short feedback sequences for the discussion. Instead of debating recollections, the group talks about what actually happened.
Which professions is the system suitable for?
Skills labs replicate typical fields of activity in nursing, therapy, midwifery and medicine in fine detail. Mangold International’s technology is the same as in simulation centers and can be tailored to the scenarios, wording and rooms of each discipline. Depending on the learning content and objective, the patient role is played by specially trained simulated patients or high-tech manikins.
How does the skills lab fit into generalist nursing education?
Skills labs offer standardized, realistic practice opportunities for building competence outside real settings. In Germany, the Nursing Studies Strengthening Act took effect on 1 January 2024 and established the regular use of skills labs within generalist nursing education. With an authority’s approval, a small share of each practical training placement can be replaced with practical learning units at the nursing school. Competence built in the skills lab belongs to school-based, not practice-based, education.
Is the recording GDPR-compliant?
Yes. All data is processed and stored fully on-premise on your own server, with no cloud and no transmission to external providers. AI transcription also runs locally. Secure multi-pass overwriting on deletion, role-based access controls and user management are standard.
Can the skills lab be extended to scientific analysis?
Yes. Recordings can be processed directly in Mangold INTERACT, for example for studies on the quality of communication and interaction or on learning effectiveness. A training system can grow into a research environment when needed.
How quickly is the portable system ready to use?
The portable system from Mangold International is operational within minutes and requires no external network infrastructure. It suits education providers with changing practice rooms and in-situ training on site.
What if students feel uncomfortable in front of the camera?
That is normal at first. In the skills lab, the video helps the group trace the sequence of actions together, for example when hand hygiene was performed. It does not rate individuals. Recordings stay on-premise on your school’s or university’s server, and your institution decides who may view them and when they are deleted.
Can we add new learning stations and scenarios ourselves?
Yes. You adapt scenarios, markers and checklists within the system design yourself, without paying for every change. Additional practice rooms or cameras can be added later. We offer service and updates, but they are not mandatory.
Related Mangold Products
- Mangold INTERACT for Nursing Research
- Mangold VideoSyncPro: the Recording Engine
- Mangold Highlight Movie Creator