Understanding Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams: Using Simulation Design Processes From the Air Carrier Advanced Qualification Program to Identify and Train Critical Teamwork Skills

In the report Five Years After to Err is Human, it was noted that “the combination of complexity, professional fragmentation, and a tradition of individualism, enhanced by a well-entrenched hierarchical authority structure and diffuse accountability, forms a daunting barrier to creating the habits a...

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Published in:Journal of patient safety 2010-09, Vol.6 (3), p.137-146
Main Authors: Hamman, William R., Beaudin-Seiler, Beth M., Beaubien, Jeffrey M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Certification
Clinical Competence
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Medical Errors - prevention & control
Michigan
Organizational Culture
Original Article
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Program Development - methods
Reproducibility of Results
Safety Management
Teaching - methods
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Summary:In the report Five Years After to Err is Human, it was noted that “the combination of complexity, professional fragmentation, and a tradition of individualism, enhanced by a well-entrenched hierarchical authority structure and diffuse accountability, forms a daunting barrier to creating the habits and beliefs of common purpose, teamwork, and individual accountability for successful interdependence that a safe culture requires”. Training physicians, nurses, and other professionals to work in teams is a concept that has been promoted by many patient safety experts. However the model of teamwork in healthcare is diffusely defined, no clear performance metrics have been established, and the use of simulation to train teams has been suboptimal. This paper reports on the first three years of work performed in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Tri-Corridor life science grant to apply concepts and processes of simulation design that were developed in the air carrier industry to understand and train healthcare teams. This work has been monitored by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAA) and is based on concepts designed in the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) from the air carrier industry, which trains and assesses teamwork skills in the same manner as technical skills. This grant has formed the foundation for the Center of Excellence for Simulation Education and Research (CESR).
ISSN:1549-8417
1549-8425
DOI:10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181bfd7ba