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There has been an accident on the Road to Hana! We need a functional team to help!
Background: Teamwork and communication among health professionals leads to improved patient outcomes, reduction in errors, improved patient/family and staff satisfaction. Too often time is not provided within individual training programs to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviors associated with high performing teams. Over the course of this workshop, we will present a low cost table top simulation that can be adapted to many situations.
Objectives: Our objectives for this session are to:
- Discuss the increasing importance of teams in medicine
- Perform a simulated team exercise
- Detail characteristics of a high performing team
Agenda/Interactive Component: The 75 minute workshop will include:
• Introduction to high-performing teams and directions for the table top simulation (Large group,10 minutes)
• The large group will break into teams of 5-6 and each group will go through the team exercise as follows:
- Simulation #1
- Debriefing #1
- Simulation #2
- Debriefing #2 (Small group, 50 minutes)
Small groups will brainstorm other applications of this simulation and report out to group.(Small group, 10 minutes)
• Wrap-Up and questions (Large group, 5 minutes)
Take-home Product: Participants will leave with one example of a fun, low-cost table top simulation that can be adapted to many different situations that involve teamwork including: assessing teamwork, communication in teams, and selection of resident/medical student candidates with strong teamwork traits.
Key Words: Teamwork, Simulation, Communication
Topics:
Faculty Development Seminar, 2019, Resident, Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, Osteopathic Faculty, Residency Director, Residency Coordinator, Systems-Based Practice & Improvement, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, GME, UME, Simulation, Team-Based Learning,
