The Safety Organizing Scale: Development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in hospital nursing units
BACKGROUND: Evidence that medical error is a systemic problem requiring systemic solutions continues to expand. Developing a "safety culture" is one potential strategy toward improving patient safety. A reliable and valid self-report measure of safety culture is needed that is both grounded in concrete behaviors and is positively related to patient safety.
Construct validation of the readiness for interprofessional learning scale: A Rasch and factor analysis
In order to improve efficiency and collaboration in healthcare service provision, it is recommended that students engage in interprofessional education; that is, learning with, from and about professions other than one's own profession. Such endeavors are often impeded by pre-existing attitudes; therefore, self-reporting scales such as the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) have often been used in studies to gauge perspectives. The original 19-item version of the RIPLS was completed by 418 undergraduate healthcare students from a large Australian University.
Making the transition from physiotherapy student to interprofessional team member
OBJECTIVES: To explore final-year physiotherapy students' perceptions and experiences of interprofessional learning in the university and placement setting.
STUDY DESIGN: Focus group and mixed qualitative and quantitative questionnaire.
SETTING: Coventry University.
PARTICIPANTS: Third-year physiotherapy students at Coventry University.
METHODS: The final-year physiotherapy cohort was invited to complete a questionnaire containing a mix of closed- and open-ended questions. Eight volunteers from the same cohort took part in a focus group.
A four-year, systems-wide intervention promoting interprofessional collaboration
BACKGROUND: A four-year action research study was conducted across the Australian Capital Territory health system to strengthen interprofessional collaboration (IPC) though multiple intervention activities.
The development of a questionnaire to assess the readiness of health care students for interprofessional learning (RIPLS)
OBJECTIVES: Although shared learning activities are gradually being introduced to health care undergraduates, it has not been possible to measure the effects of educational interventions on students' attitudes. The main objective of this study was to develop a rating scale using items based on the desired outcomes of shared learning, to assess the 'readiness' of health care students for shared learning activities.
DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A questionnaire study of 120 undergraduate students in 8 health care professions.
Teamwork training with nursing and medical students: Does the method matter? Results of an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary collaboration
OBJECTIVES: The authors conducted a randomised controlled trial of four pedagogical methods commonly used to deliver teamwork training and measured the effects of each method on the acquisition of student teamwork knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
Interprofessional teamwork in medical rehabilitation: A comparison of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team approach
OBJECTIVE: To compare multi- and interdisciplinary team approaches concerning team process (teamwork) and team effectiveness (team performance and staff satisfaction) in German medical rehabilitation clinics.
DESIGN: A cross-sectional study with a descriptive-explorative design.
SETTING: Eighteen medical rehabilitation clinics divided into two groups (somatic and psychosomatic indication fields).
SUBJECTS: The 18 head physicians or psychotherapists in the clinics and their complete rehabilitation teams (n = 824).
Observational teamwork assessment for surgery: Content validation and tool refinement
BACKGROUND: Effective teamwork is crucial for safe surgery. Failures in nontechnical and teamwork skills are frequently implicated in adverse events. The Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) tool assesses teamwork of the entire team in the operating room. Empirical testing of OTAS has yet to explore the content validity of the tool.
Assessment of stress and teamwork in the operating room: An exploratory study
BACKGROUND: Although effective teamwork is fundamental to patient safety in the operating room (OR), acute stress increasingly is recognized as detrimental for teamwork. This study concurrently assessed teamwork and stress levels experienced by OR team members.
METHODS: Data were collected in real time in 20 elective surgical cases. The validated Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery was used to assess teamwork, whereas stress was assessed using the validated State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Observational teamwork assessment for surgery: Construct validation with expert versus novice raters
OBJECTIVE: To test the construct validity of the Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) tool.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Poor teamwork in surgical teams has been implicated in adverse events to patients. The OTAS is a tool that assesses teamwork in real time for the entire surgical team. Existing empirical research on OTAS has yet to explore how expert versus novice tool users use the tool to assess teamwork in the operating room.