TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the role of simulation to foster interprofessional teamwork among medical and nursing students
T2 - A mixed-method pilot investigation in Hong Kong
AU - Wai, Abraham K.C.
AU - Lam, Veronica S.F.
AU - Ng, Zoe L.H.
AU - Pang, Michelle T.H.
AU - Tsang, Vivien W.Y.
AU - Lee, Jay J.J.
AU - Wong, Janet Y.H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Effective teamwork is a critical component of maintaining patient safety. However, there is lack of clarity on the best teaching approach to interprofessional teamwork training in medical and nursing curricula. This study aimed to compare the effects of blended classroom plus clinical simulation versus clinical simulation alone on teamwork attitudes, perceptions and performance in medical and nursing students in Hong Kong. This was a pilot study with a mixed-method research design, with both quantitative and qualitative evaluations. Students who studied medicine or nursing courses at a university in Hong Kong were invited to this study. They were assigned into two groups: clinical simulation alone versus blended classroom plus clinical simulation. The primary outcome was attitudinal change related to teamwork behaviours, which was measured using the Human Factors Attitude Survey. The secondary outcomes were perceptions of team-based learning and teamwork performance, which were accessed by the Team-Based Learning Student Assessment Instrument and Ottawa Global Rating Scale, respectively. Four focus group interviews were conducted after the training sessions. Conventional content analysis using inductive coding was performed with the qualitative data. Forty-six students participated in this study. There was a significant increase in the participants’ positive attitudes on teamwork for both groups (intervention: MD = 5.36 and control: MD = 3.6, p <.05); however, there was no significant difference on increasing positive attitudes between the groups (estimate = 1.76, 95% CI [−8.59, 5.06], p =.61). Qualitative analysis identified four themes: (1) reconsidering professional roles in managing patients; (2) embodying the experience to share responsibility and complement each other’s skills; (3) realizing the importance of trust and communication; and (4) engaging to achieve the mission within a limited time. This pilot study found that a blended classroom did not further improve teamwork attitudes, perceptions and performance in medical and nursing students compared with clinical simulation alone. Qualitative findings showed that students had reconsidered their professional roles in managing patients and realized the importance of teamwork in caring patients.
AB - Effective teamwork is a critical component of maintaining patient safety. However, there is lack of clarity on the best teaching approach to interprofessional teamwork training in medical and nursing curricula. This study aimed to compare the effects of blended classroom plus clinical simulation versus clinical simulation alone on teamwork attitudes, perceptions and performance in medical and nursing students in Hong Kong. This was a pilot study with a mixed-method research design, with both quantitative and qualitative evaluations. Students who studied medicine or nursing courses at a university in Hong Kong were invited to this study. They were assigned into two groups: clinical simulation alone versus blended classroom plus clinical simulation. The primary outcome was attitudinal change related to teamwork behaviours, which was measured using the Human Factors Attitude Survey. The secondary outcomes were perceptions of team-based learning and teamwork performance, which were accessed by the Team-Based Learning Student Assessment Instrument and Ottawa Global Rating Scale, respectively. Four focus group interviews were conducted after the training sessions. Conventional content analysis using inductive coding was performed with the qualitative data. Forty-six students participated in this study. There was a significant increase in the participants’ positive attitudes on teamwork for both groups (intervention: MD = 5.36 and control: MD = 3.6, p <.05); however, there was no significant difference on increasing positive attitudes between the groups (estimate = 1.76, 95% CI [−8.59, 5.06], p =.61). Qualitative analysis identified four themes: (1) reconsidering professional roles in managing patients; (2) embodying the experience to share responsibility and complement each other’s skills; (3) realizing the importance of trust and communication; and (4) engaging to achieve the mission within a limited time. This pilot study found that a blended classroom did not further improve teamwork attitudes, perceptions and performance in medical and nursing students compared with clinical simulation alone. Qualitative findings showed that students had reconsidered their professional roles in managing patients and realized the importance of teamwork in caring patients.
KW - Simulation
KW - crew Resource Management
KW - medical education
KW - nursing education
KW - safety
KW - teamwork
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097407975&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13561820.2020.1831451
DO - 10.1080/13561820.2020.1831451
M3 - Article
C2 - 33290116
AN - SCOPUS:85097407975
SN - 1356-1820
VL - 35
SP - 890
EP - 898
JO - Journal of Interprofessional Care
JF - Journal of Interprofessional Care
IS - 6
ER -