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What Makes a Good CASPer Practice Scenario?
A useful scenario has tension. If the right answer is obvious, the prompt is too easy. Strong practice puts two reasonable concerns in conflict, then asks you to explain how you would respond.
Good CASPer-style practice usually includes four ingredients:
| Ingredient | What it adds | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Stakeholder | Gives you someone to communicate with | Classmate, teammate, patient, coworker, supervisor |
| Tension | Creates competing values | Privacy vs. safety, loyalty vs. honesty, empathy vs. accountability |
| Constraint | Makes the situation less clean | Limited time, missing information, role boundaries, power differences |
| Follow-up | Tests flexibility | What if they deny it? What if your first step fails? |
The best prompts do not reward a slogan like “I would be honest” or “I would show empathy.” They force you to show what honesty or empathy looks like when the situation is incomplete.