TeamSTEPPS

Interprofessional Collaboration: A Qualitative Study of Non-Physician Perspectives on Resident Competency

“…Mutual support and communication are also two of the four competencies included in the teamSTEPPS program, along with team leadership and situation monitoring. 17 According to Marlow et al, healthcare team training most frequently focuses on communication, with 84.8% of healthcare team training including this competency; mutual support is included in only 22.8%. 18 Our results suggest that healthcare team training for physicians may benefit from an increased focus on mutual support.…”

Interprofessional education in team communication: working together to improve patient safety

“…We also demonstrate the utility of new self-report instruments. Our study employs an established team communication framework,10 11 Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS),12 in teaching skills using manikin simulators and standardised patients. While exceptions exist, training efforts commonly neglect to provide evidence that learning has occurred, and that learning is transferable to clinical settings.…”

Measuring Multidisciplinary Team Effectiveness in a Ward-Based Healthcare Setting: Development of the Team Functioning Assessment Tool

“…The TeamSTEPPS program was developed by the US Department of Defense Patient Safety Program and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and launched in 2006 to enhance performance and patient safety within high‐reliability healthcare organizations (Baker, Day, & Salas, 2006). With a focus on problems resulting from poor communication and hierarchal structures, this broad‐based program applied CRM principles in conjunction with a range of information‐exchange techniques and provided opportunities to practice teamwork strategies (Guimond, Sole, & Salas, 2009). In common with our frame of reference is a paradigm shift from an individual to a team system approach which promotes a dual focus on clinical and nonclinical skills (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality); and promotion of a culture in which input is expected from all team members regardless of position status (Clancy & Tornberg, 2007).…”