Validation of a Tool to Measure and Promote Clinical Teamwork

Abstract

The CTS was developed to efficiently measure key clinical teamwork skills during simulation exercises and in everyday clinical care. It contains 15 questions in 5 clinical teamwork domains (communication, situational awareness, decision-making, role responsibility, and patient friendliness). It is easy to use and has construct validity with median ratings consistently corresponding with the intended teamwork level. The CTS is a brief, straightforward, valid, reliable, and easy-to-use tool to measure key factors in teamwork in simulated and clinical settings.

The Effect of Multiprofessional Simulation-Based Obstetric Team Training on Patient-Reported Quality of Care

“…Future research should include data about the change in team performance, for example, using a tool such as the clinical teamwork scale. 15,34 Another suggestion for further research is the implementation of repetition elements of deliberate practice. 35 Because the results of this study showed an improvement in patient-reported quality of care during pregnancy but not during delivery, we assume that repetition of the learned skills will contribute to better performance, even during stressful delivery situations.…”

Evaluation of the team performance observation tool with targeted behavioral markers in simulation-based interprofessional education

“…These four tools are the Team Performance Observation Tool (TPOT) (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2013), the Mayo High Performance Teamwork Scale (MHPTS) (Malec et al, 2007), the Communication and Teamwork Skills (CATS) (Frankel, Gardner, Maynard, & Kelly, 2007), and the Clinical Teamwork Scale (CTS) (Guise et al, 2008). We sought to validate and then use the TPOT (see Appendix 1) to assess teamwork skills in our simulation-based IPE activity because it was developed by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to measure the skills that we taught using the Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPSÔ) curriculum.…”

Assessment of Human Patient Simulation-Based Learning

“…Some are context specific, such as performance in an operating room, 33 during neonatal resuscitation, 34 during simulated obstetrical emergencies, 35 and in response to intimate partner violence, 36 while other instruments can be used to assess performance in general clinical simulations or practice. [37][38][39] Two nonclinical instruments have been used to assess the impact of a training program on emergency room physicians and nurses. 40 Some instruments have been designed to measure selfreported attitudes toward interprofessional education and practice.…”