Team-training in healthcare: a narrative synthesis of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients are safer and receive higher quality care when providers work as a highly effective team. Investment in optimising healthcare teamwork has swelled in the last 10 years. Consequently, evidence regarding the effectiveness for these interventions has also grown rapidly. We provide an updated review concerning the current state of team-training science and practice in acute care settings.

Methods

A PubMed search for review articles examining team-training interventions in acute care settings published between 2000 and 2012 was conducted. Following identification of relevant reviews with searches terminating in 2008 and 2010, PubMed and PSNet were searched for additional primary studies published in 2011 and 2012. Primary outcomes included patient outcomes and

SUBMITTER: Weaver SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995248 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature