By Martin & Tina Hansen, Member until 2011

Overall a good course held in a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere. It is exciting to get to know members from the other clubs.

The introductory presentation was partly a refresher of the organisation's value base and partly a brief review of the content of the rest of the course. Personally, during my time at the nursing school, I was exposed to a lot of role-plays that missed teams in reality, so it was with some skepticism that I went down the hall.

However, my fears were put to shame already in the first case. Here I had been appointed as an instructor and had to try to keep track of a small but very active group of students. I did what I could to complete a workout and at the same time put a damper on the hyperactive liver. Suddenly a student sat crying in a corner and didn't want to participate anymore? – go and hear what it was all about, back to the rest with encouraging comments and small corrections. I found myself switching between many different roles depending on the type of student I was dealing with. It was hard work and I can't excuse myself for being a little bit relieved when Jens Kyoshi's voice announced that the first case was over.

The subsequent evaluation was quite exciting. It is difficult to assess the effect of the various measures/pedagogical tools used during the role play, as everyone stays in their assigned role the whole time.

The group thinks that there should have been a clearer marking of who was the boss and assistant instructor. Several indicated that it was difficult to be negative when they were met with praise and recognition for their efforts. Finally, "the crying student" said that it had been almost impossible to stay in the role. The things I had said to him along the way had meant that in the end he had to avoid eye contact in order to stay in the role.

It started a lot of thinking and in the next case I was still busy digesting the impressions and therefore a little absent.

For the rest of the morning, the roles alternated. Not everyone was used to the stage in the role of director, on the other hand, it was not nearly so unfamiliar to play the other roles and all "directors" really had their hair combed. Each case was rounded off with an evaluation of what had succeeded for the instructors and what did not work. Some surprises emerged. Both for those who thought that what they did worked, and then it didn't, and for those who succeeded in something they were not aware of having done. We summarized our experiences in some headings which we later shared with the other groups.

After the role plays, all the participants gathered and Kimu Sensei concluded with a summary of the day based on some comparisons about the difference between company management and association management. Finally, the groups shared their experiences with the rest of the participants.