Development of a self-assessment teamwork tool for use by medical and nursing students

BMC Medical Education

Research Article

Jennifer Weller¹  Boaz Shulruf²  Renee Lim³  Adam Osomanski⁴  Christine Jorm⁵  Christopher J. Gordon⁶  Jane Currie⁶ 

[1] Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia;Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia;

关键词: Debriefing;    Self-assessment;    Simulation;    Student;    Teamwork;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-016-0743-9

 received in 2016-04-15, accepted in 2016-08-18,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTeamwork training is an essential component of health professional student education. A valid and reliable teamwork self-assessment tool could assist students to identify desirable teamwork behaviours with the potential to promote learning about effective teamwork. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a self-assessment teamwork tool for health professional students for use in the context of emergency response to a mass casualty.MethodsThe authors modified a previously published teamwork instrument designed for experienced critical care teams for use with medical and nursing students involved in mass casualty simulations. The 17-item questionnaire was administered to students immediately following the simulations. These scores were used to explore the psychometric properties of the tool, using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.Results202 (128 medical and 74 nursing) students completed the self-assessment teamwork tool for students. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 2 factors (5 items - Teamwork coordination and communication; 4 items - Information sharing and support) and these were justified with confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency was 0.823 for Teamwork coordination and communication, and 0.812 for Information sharing and support.ConclusionsThese data provide evidence to support the validity and reliability of the self-assessment teamwork tool for students This self-assessment tool could be of value to health professional students following team training activities to help them identify the attributes of effective teamwork.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016