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Does Team Training Work? Where is the Evidence?
Improving Patient Safety Through Teamwork and Team Training (2013)
  • Tripp Driskell
  • Elizabeth H. Lazzara
  • Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida
  • Heidi King
  • James Battles
Abstract
The current chapter discusses on the effectiveness of team training in providing patient safety. Although evaluations do exist at this level, evidence is mixed and a clear picture of this level of training effectiveness is not achievable at this time. Although the results of most studies are encouraging, other studies have shown non significant effects. For example, the MedTeams Labor and Delivery training resulted in no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups, or between any individual outcomes or most of the clinical process or outcome measures. Overall, although few medical team training program (MTT) evaluations have successfully assessed the impact of team training on organizational outcomes, the available evidence suggests that teamwork positively impacts patient outcomes. Nevertheless, better and more robust evaluations of MTT programs are required.
Keywords
  • teamwork in the workplace,
  • team performance,
  • patient safety,
  • training effectiveness,
  • medical team training programs
Publication Date
2013
Editor
Eduardo Salas and Karen Frush
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
978-0-19-539909-7
Citation Information
Tripp Driskell, Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Eduardo Salas, Heidi King, et al.. "Does Team Training Work? Where is the Evidence?" New York, NYImproving Patient Safety Through Teamwork and Team Training (2013) p. 201 - 217
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_lazzara/77/