Creating a gold medal Olympic and Paralympics health care team: a satisfaction survey of the mobile medical unit/polyclinic team training for the Vancouver 2010 winter games

BMC Research Notes

Lori Quinn¹  Tracey Taulu³  Donna Kuipers¹  Peter Hennecke⁷  Naisan Garraway⁵  Michael O’Connor²  Kosar Khwaja⁸  Jack Taunton⁴  S Morad Hameed⁵  David C Evans⁵  Richard K Simons⁵  Leanne Appleton¹  Nathaniel Bell⁶  Behrouz Heidary⁵  D Ross Brown⁷ 

[1] Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, Canada;Department of Emergency Medicine, University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada;Trauma Services, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1 M9, Canada;Division of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA;Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, Canada;Trauma Services, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada

关键词: 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games;    Curriculum;    Medical education;    Mobile medical unit;   

Others  :  1140828
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-6-462

 received in 2013-09-03, accepted in 2013-11-08,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The mobile medical unit/polyclinic (MMU/PC) was an essential part of the medical services to support ill or injured Olympic or Paralympics family during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics winter games. The objective of this study was to survey the satisfaction of the clinical staff that completed the training programs prior to deployment to the MMU.

Methods

Medical personnel who participated in at least one of the four training programs, including (1) week-end sessions; (2) web-based modules; (3) just-in-time training; and (4) daily simulation exercises were invited to participate in a web-based survey and comment on their level of satisfaction with training program.

Results

A total of 64 (out of 94 who were invited) physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists completed the survey. All participants reported favorably that the MMU/PC training positively impacted their knowledge, skills and team functions while deployed at the MMU/PC during the 2010 Olympic Games. However, components of the training program were valued differently depending on clinical job title, years of experience, and prior experience in large scale events. Respondents with little or no experience working in large scale events (45%) rated daily simulations as the most valuable component of the training program for strengthening competencies and knowledge in clinical skills for working in large scale events.

Conclusion

The multi-phase MMU/PC training was found to be beneficial for preparing the medical team for the 2010 Winter Games. In particular this survey demonstrates the effectiveness of simulation training programs on teamwork competencies in ad hoc groups.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Brown et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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