Impact of Team Composition on Learning Outcomes Following Simulation-Based Training of Teamwork Competencies: A

Anna Bichmann1, Erin E Blanchard, Johannes Wittig

  • 1From the Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (A.B.), Charité Campus Mitte and Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany; Department of Health Services Administration (E.E.B.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Research Center for Emergency Medicine (J.W.), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Sports and Performance Psychology (D.M.), School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Emergency Medicine (D.C.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; The Group for Organizational Effectiveness (S.T.), Albany, NY; Department of Pediatrics (N.T.), Division of Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Department of Psychological Sciences (E.S.), Rice University, Houston, TX; Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education (J.W.), School of Medicine, Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Emergency Medicine (S.S.), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine (J.T.P.), New Orleans, LA; Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine (K.G.L.), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Medicine (J.W., K.G.L.), Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark; Center for Simulation, Innovation, and Advanced Education (K.G.L.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Laerdal Medical Copenhagen (A.B), Copenhagen, Denmark; and Emergency, Prehospital, Perioperative and Critical Care Research Group (A.B.), Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Summary

Team composition impacts healthcare training outcomes. Multiprofessional teams may offer slight benefits over uniprofessional teams, but evidence quality is very low. Further research is needed for optimal team composition strategies.

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