Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2016
Multicenter StudyImproving the non-technical skills of hospital medical emergency teams: The Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM™).
This prospective descriptive study aimed to test the validity and feasibility of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM™) for assessing real-world medical emergency teams' non-technical skills. Second, the present study aimed to explore the instrument's contribution to practice regarding teamwork and learning outcomes. ⋯ Non-technical skills of medical emergency teams are known to often be suboptimal; however, average ratings of 89% were achieved in this real-world study. TEAM™ is a valid, reliable and easy to use tool, for both training and clinical settings, with benefits for team performance when used as an assessment and/or debriefing tool.