Enhancing teamwork using a creativity-focussed learning intervention for undergraduate nursing students - A pilot...

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Teamwork Skills Development
• Experiential Learning

Background:

• Effective teamwork and interpersonal skills are crucial for nursing practice.
• Experiential learning interventions can enhance these essential skills in students.
• Measuring the impact of such interventions requires validated tools.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the suitability of an amended TeamSTEPPS teamwork perceptions questionnaire (T-TPQ) for assessing teamwork perceptions in nursing students.
• To ascertain nursing students' views on a team-led poster development workshop intervention.
• To explore factors influencing teamwork perceptions among nursing students.

Main Methods:

• A two-phase pilot study involving 181-year-two nursing students.
• Phase 1: Repeated measures design to test the T-TPQ's sensitivity to changes from an experiential intervention.
• Phase 2: Survey to gather students' qualitative feedback on the intervention and their experience.

Main Results:

• Teamwork perceptions significantly increased from week 3 to week 9 of the intervention.
• Students reported positive views regarding the experiential learning experience.
• Factors such as age and part-time employment were found to correlate with more positive teamwork perceptions.

Conclusions:

• The amended T-TPQ demonstrates sensitivity in detecting changes in teamwork perceptions within a repeated measures design.
• The experiential learning intervention positively impacted nursing students' teamwork perceptions.
• The T-TPQ is a suitable tool for evaluating teamwork intervention effectiveness in nursing education.