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Creating an environment for patient safety and teamwork training in the operating theatre: A quasi-experimental study.
- Source :
- Medical Teacher; Mar2015, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p267-276, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Introduction: Positive safety and a teamwork climate in the training environment may be a precursor for successful teamwork training. This pilot project aimed to implement and test whether a new interdisciplinary and team-based approach would result in a positive training climate in the operating theatre. Method: A 3-day educational module for training the complete surgical team of specialist nursing students and residents in safe teamwork skills in an authentic operative theatre, named Co-Op, was implemented in a university hospital. Participants' ( n = 22) perceptions of the 'safety climate' and the 'teamwork climate', together with their 'readiness for inter-professional learning', were measured to examine if the Co-Op module produced a positive training environment compared with the perceptions of a control group ( n = 11) attending the conventional curriculum. Results: The participants' perceptions of 'safety climate' and 'teamwork climate' and their 'readiness for inter-professional learning' scores were significantly higher following the Co-Op module compared with their perceptions following the conventional curriculum, and compared with the control group's perceptions following the conventional curriculum. Conclusion: The Co-Op module improved 'safety climate' and 'teamwork climate' in the operating theatre, which suggests that a deliberate and designed educational intervention can shape a learning environment as a model for the establishment of a safety culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ADULTS
PROFESSIONAL education
ACADEMIC medical centers
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
STATISTICAL correlation
INTERDISCIPLINARY education
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel
OPERATING rooms
PATIENT safety
SENSORY perception
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
T-test (Statistics)
TEAMS in the workplace
PILOT projects
JOB performance
TEACHING methods
HUMAN services programs
PRE-tests & post-tests
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0142159X
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Medical Teacher
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100800481
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2014.947927