Operating Room In Situ Interprofessional Simulation for Improving Communication and Teamwork.
J Surg Res
; 260: 237-244, 2021 04.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-33360307
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Effective teamwork and communication are correlated with improved patient care quality and outcomes. The belief that each team member contributes to excellent patient care in the operating room (OR) leads to a more productive work environment. However, poor teamwork and communication lead to poorer OR outcomes. We qualitatively and quantitatively explored perspectives of three OR professions (nursing, anesthesiology, and surgery) on teamwork and communication in the OR preinterprofessional and postinterprofessional in situ OR simulation. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
One-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted; 14 pre-in situ simulations during July-October 2017 (three surgery, four anesthesiology, and six nursing staff), and 10 post-in situ simulations during August-November 2017 (five surgery, four anesthesiology, and one nursing staff). Themes were identified inductively to create a codebook. The codebook was used to consensus code all interviews. This analysis informed the development of a quantitative survey distributed to all contactable interviewees (22).RESULTS:
Presimulation and postsimulation interview participants concurred on teamwork and communication importance, believed communication to be key to effective teamwork, and identified barriers to communication lack of cordiality, lack of engagement from other staff, distractions, role hierarchies, and lack of familiarity with other staff. The large majority of survey participants-all having participated in simulations-believed they could use effective communication in their workplace.CONCLUSIONS:
Establishing methods for improving and maintaining the ability of OR professionals to communicate with each other is imperative for patient safety. Effective team communication leads to safe and successful outcomes, as well as a productive and supportive OR work environment.Key words
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Care Team
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Communication
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Cooperative Behavior
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Education, Medical, Continuing
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Education, Nursing, Continuing
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Simulation Training
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Interprofessional Relations
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Surg Res
Year:
2021
Type:
Article