Multiprofessional team simulation training, based on an obstetric model, can improve teamwork in other areas of health care.

Helen Anne van der Nelson; Dimitrios Siassakos; Joanne Bennett; Mandy Godfrey; Liz Spray; Tim Draycott; Fiona Donald

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Multiprofessional team simulation training, based on an obstetric model, can improve teamwork in other areas of health care.

April 9, 2014

van der Nelson HA, Siassakos D, Bennett J, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2014;29(1):78-82.

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A teamwork training simulation program that previously improved directed communication in obstetrics was adapted for three surgical wards at a teaching hospital. This educational intervention was associated with significantly enhanced safety culture.

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