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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.
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.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Education
- Teamwork Competencies
- Simulation-Based Training
Background:
- Simulation-based training is crucial for developing teamwork competencies in healthcare.
- Understanding the impact of team composition on learning outcomes is essential for effective training.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review the effect of team composition on learning outcomes in simulation-based teamwork training.
- To compare uniprofessional versus multiprofessional teams, team size, team stability, and gender composition.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review of randomized and observational studies (2011-2023).
- Searched Embase, CINAHL, and Medline.
- Assessed risk of bias and certainty of evidence using GRADE methodology.
Main Results:
- Eleven studies were included, examining various team composition factors.
- Uniprofessional versus multiprofessional teams showed no significant difference or a small benefit for multiprofessional teams in skill, knowledge, and self-efficacy.
- Evidence certainty was consistently very low across findings.
Conclusions:
- Very low certainty evidence suggests team composition influences performance.
- Multiprofessional team training may be preferable to uniprofessional training when interprofessional collaboration is expected.
- Further research is required to determine optimal team composition for teamwork competency training.
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