Teamwork Training With a Multiplayer Game in Health Care: Content Analysis of the Teamwork Principles Applied.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In health care, teamwork skills are critical for patient safety; therefore, great emphasis is placed on training these skills. Given that training is increasingly designed in a blended way, serious games may offer an efficient method of preparing face-to-face simulation training of these procedural skills.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the teamwork principles that were used during gameplay by medical students and teamwork experts. Findings can improve our understanding of the potential of serious games for training these complex skills.

Methods

We investigated a web-based multiplayer game designed for training students' interprofessional teamwork skills. During gameplay, 4 players in different roles (physician, nurse, medical student, and studen

SUBMITTER: van Peppen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789497 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature