Title

Does Team Training Work? Principles For Health Care

Keywords

Education; Team effectiveness; Team training; Teamwork

Abstract

Teamwork is integral to a working environment conducive to patient safety and care. Team training is one methodology designed to equip team members with the competencies necessary for optimizing teamwork. There is evidence of team training's effectiveness in highly complex and dynamic work environments, such as aviation and health care. However, most quantitative evaluations of training do not offer any insight into the actual reasons why, how, and when team training is effective. To address this gap in understanding, and to provide guidance for members of the health care community interested in implementing team training programs, this article presents both quantitative results and a specific qualitative review and content analysis of team training implemented in health care. Based on this review, we offer eight evidence-based principles for effective planning, implementation, and evaluation of team training programs specific to health care. © 2008 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Publication Date

11-1-2008

Publication Title

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume

15

Issue

11

Number of Pages

1002-1009

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00254.x

Socpus ID

56849118939 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/56849118939

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