Collaborative practices in unscheduled emergency care: role and impact of the emergency care practitioner--quantitative findings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify collaborative instances and hindrances and to produce a model of collaborative practice.

Methods

A 12 month (2005-6) mixed methods clinical case study in a large UK ambulance trust. Collaboration was measured through direct observational ratings of communication skills, teamwork and leadership with 24 multiprofessional emergency care practitioners (ECPs); interviews with 45 ECPs and stakeholders; and an audit of 611 patients.

Results

Quantitative observational ratings indicated that the higher the leadership rating the greater the communication ability (p < or = 0.001) and teamwork (p < or = 0.001), and the higher grade ECPs were rated more highly on their leadership performance. From the patient audit, influences and outputs of collaborative pra

SUBMITTER: Cooper S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2464656 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature