Social ties influence teamwork when managing clinical emergencies.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Our current understanding of medical team competence is traditionally influenced by an individualistic perspective focusing on individual team members' knowledge, skills as well as on effective communication within the team. However, team dynamics may influence team performance more than previously anticipated. In particular, recent studies in other academic disciplines suggest that social ties between team members may impact team dynamics but this has not been explored for medical teams. We aimed to explore intensive care staff's perceptions about teamwork and performance in clinical emergencies focusing particularly on the teams' social ties. METHODS:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of intensive care staff. We used a thematic analysis approach

SUBMITTER: Rasmussen MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057460 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature