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Published on: January 15, 2017
Theoretically-driven infrastructure for supporting health care teams training at a military treatment facility
T Robert Turner1, Andrea Parodi
1Booz Allen Hamilton, 5800 Lake Wright Drive, Suite 400, Norfolk, VA 23502, USA.
Abstract:
Designated a Department of Defense Team Resource Center (TRC) in 2008, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) currently hosts three tri-service health care teams training courses annually. Each consists of didactic learning coupled with simulation-based training exercises to provide an interactive educational experience for health care professionals. Simulated cases are developed to reinforce specific teamwork skills and behaviors, and to incorporate a variety of technologies including standardized patients, manikins, and virtual reality. The course is also the foundation of a research program designed to explore applications of modeling and simulation for enhanced team training in health care. The TRC has adopted two theoretical frameworks for evaluating training efficacy and outcomes, and has used these frameworks to guide a systematic reconfiguration of the infrastructure supporting health care teams training at NMCP.
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