Abstract
Background:
There is increasing recognition of the importance of interprofessional teamwork for enhancing patient care [1]. Undergraduate programmes of education in medicine and nursing are fundamental to developing these skills and interprofessional simulation education (IPSE) has been found to be an effective way of improving decision-making, team cohesiveness, and collaboration [2]. Two Higher Education Institutions in the Northeast of England collaborated on an IPSE event involving 340 final year nursing and medical students. This research aimed to explore the effectiveness of IPSE in improving teamwork and enhancing communication using peer assessment.
Methods:
During a five-day IPSE event in February 2022, each student rotated through four scenarios of acutely deteriorating patients. The students were randomly selected to one of four groups consisting of ~4–6 nursing and 1–2 medical students. Within each scenario 2 nurses and 1 doctor actively participated while the remaining group members observed via live video feed. Across the five days 140 students (41%) completed an amended version of the Performance Assessment for Communication and Teamwork (PACT) novice observer form [3] to rate team functioning on a Likert scale from 1 -5 on five skills domains: Team Structure, Leadership, Situation Monitoring, Mutual Support, and Communication.
Pooled individual ratings and scores between professional groups (nursing and medical) were used to perform repeated measure ANOVAs to explore the impact of repeated scenarios.
Results:
Pooled individual ratings: A statistically significant progressive increase was found in the five teamworking elements: Team Structure (F=9.97, p
Professional Group (medical and nursing) ratings: A statistically significant progressive increase was also found: Team Structure (F=9.97, p
Conclusion:
Using peer assessment to explore team working during IPSE, this study demonstrates a significant increase in scores in the five skills domains. The results suggest that incorporating IPSE into undergraduate medical and nursing curriculums can be an effective way for students to develop and enhance teamworking and communication which is a key component of safe and effective clinical practice and patient care.
There is increasing recognition of the importance of interprofessional teamwork for enhancing patient care [1]. Undergraduate programmes of education in medicine and nursing are fundamental to developing these skills and interprofessional simulation education (IPSE) has been found to be an effective way of improving decision-making, team cohesiveness, and collaboration [2]. Two Higher Education Institutions in the Northeast of England collaborated on an IPSE event involving 340 final year nursing and medical students. This research aimed to explore the effectiveness of IPSE in improving teamwork and enhancing communication using peer assessment.
Methods:
During a five-day IPSE event in February 2022, each student rotated through four scenarios of acutely deteriorating patients. The students were randomly selected to one of four groups consisting of ~4–6 nursing and 1–2 medical students. Within each scenario 2 nurses and 1 doctor actively participated while the remaining group members observed via live video feed. Across the five days 140 students (41%) completed an amended version of the Performance Assessment for Communication and Teamwork (PACT) novice observer form [3] to rate team functioning on a Likert scale from 1 -5 on five skills domains: Team Structure, Leadership, Situation Monitoring, Mutual Support, and Communication.
Pooled individual ratings and scores between professional groups (nursing and medical) were used to perform repeated measure ANOVAs to explore the impact of repeated scenarios.
Results:
Pooled individual ratings: A statistically significant progressive increase was found in the five teamworking elements: Team Structure (F=9.97, p
Professional Group (medical and nursing) ratings: A statistically significant progressive increase was also found: Team Structure (F=9.97, p
Conclusion:
Using peer assessment to explore team working during IPSE, this study demonstrates a significant increase in scores in the five skills domains. The results suggest that incorporating IPSE into undergraduate medical and nursing curriculums can be an effective way for students to develop and enhance teamworking and communication which is a key component of safe and effective clinical practice and patient care.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | A74-A74 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | International Journal of Healthcare Simulation |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | Supp 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2022 |
| Event | Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare 8th Annual Conference - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Nov 2022 → 8 Nov 2022 https://aspih.org.uk/event/conference-2022/ |