Variability and gaps in teamwork assessment tools for health care teams in health professions education: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Teamwork is an essential component of health care and health professions education (HPE). The assessment of teamwork remains a significant challenge, and little is known about teamwork assessment tools (i.e. structured instruments or methods) used to examine the performance of health care teams within HPE. In this scoping review, the authors aimed to map and synthesize recent empirical studies of teamwork assessment tools in HPE.

Method

Arksey and O'Malley's framework was used to identify and select relevant studies, extract data, and examine the extent, range and nature of research activity across studies. The authors searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, ERIC and Web of Science for original research studies from January 2015 to March 2024. Studies were included if they

SUBMITTER: Choi JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12355641 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature