TCI: Team Climate Inventory
The Team Climate Inventory (TCI) was developed to measure team function. This tool can be used to measure proximal work group climate and team members' perceptions of climatic dimensions in organizational climate surveys, team building and development, selection of new members into groups, and group development over time.
The Team Climate Inventory is a 38-item tool using both a 5 and 7 point scale. The tool is used to measure team function. It has 4 subscales: vision, participative safety, task orientation, and support for innovation.
RCS: Relational Coordination Scale
The Relational Coordination Scale (RCS) measures the quality of communication and relationships in bounded and unbounded teams. A mutually reinforcing process of communication (frequent, timely, accurate, and problem-solving) and relationships (shared goals, shared knowledge, and mutual respect) characterize the strength of coordination ties amongst interdependent team members.
OTAS: Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery
The Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) was developed to measure the quality of teamwork and interactions in the operating theatre. The tool assesses teamwork-related task checklists and teamwork-related behaviors. It can be used to provide a way to benchmark good teamwork skills and to guide formative feedback and debriefing in clinical practice.
CSACD: Collaboration and Satisfaction About Care Decisions
The Collaboration and Satisfaction About Care Decisions (CSACD) was developed to assess quality of interaction in making care decisions and satisfaction with the decision making process in the health setting.
The Collaboration and Satisfaction About Care Decisions tool is a 9 item tool on a 7 point scale used to assess quality of interaction in making care decisions and satisfaction with the decision making process in the health setting. It has two subscales: collaboration and satisfaction.
EMCRM: Emergency Medicine
The Emergency Medicine Crisis Resource Management tool (EMCRM) was developed as a participant questionnaire to evaluate the effects of a simulation-based crisis management course for emergency medicine on health providers’ attitudes and behaviors. It was used to assess health professionals' perception of the course, Emergency Medicine Crisis Resource Management (EMCRM).
The Emergency Medicine (EMCRM) is a 10-item tool with a 5-point scale that is used to assess health professionals' perception of EMCRM learning.
CPAT: Collaborative Practice Assessment Tool
CPAT was developed to assess levels of collaboration intended to assist clinical teams in identifying strengths and weaknesses in their collaborative practice thereby providing opportunities for focused educational interventions.
TSS: Team Skills Scale
TSS was developed to measure three factors of perceived interprofessional team skills: interpersonal skills, discipline-specific skills, and geriatric care skills.
The Team Skills Scale is a 17-item tool with a 5-point scale that is used to assess interprofessional team skills. This tool has 1 subscale: team skills (Miller and Ishler, 2001).
TSS is often used in conjunction with ATHCT.
IPFS: Interprofessional Facilitation Scale
IPFS was developed to assess skills in interprofessional education facilitation to aid educators shifting from the more didactic teacher role to the more interactive facilitator-of-learning role which requires effort and skill acquisition. This scale can quantify the necessary skillset by evaluating facilitation skills and competencies.
ELIQ: Entry Level Interprofessional Questionnaire
The ELIQ was developed to provide a student self-assessment of communication, team work skills, and attitudes toward collaborative learning and collaborative working both before and after qualification.
The Entry Level Interprofessional Questionnaire is a 27-item tool with a 5-point scale that is used to assess students' attitudes towards interprofessional education and collaboration. The tool has 3 subscales: communication and teamwork, interprofessional learning, and interprofessional interaction.
TDMQ: Team Decision Making Questionnaire
The Team Decision Making Questionnaire (TDMQ) was developed to assess the quality of interprofessional teams and to evaluate clinical staff's perceptions of decisions making.
The Team Decision Making Questionnaire is a 19-item tool with a 7-point scale that is used to assess the quality of interprofessional teams. The tool has 4 subscales: decision‐making, team support, learning, and developing quality services.