Teamwork: What should we measure and how should we measure it?

In the clinical world teamwork skills are often referred to as ‘non-technical skills’ and include leadership, teamwork, decision making and situation awareness. The term ‘non-technical’ implies that the lack of ‘technical’ equates to inferiority; when clearly teamwork skills are an essential component of our working lives and of patient safety. For these reasons the term ‘teamwork’ is a better all-encompassing term, as leadership, the ability to make decisions, and an awareness of ones situation are inherent components of teamwork.

Source: International Emergency Nursing - October 19, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Simon Cooper Tags: Editorial Source Type: research