Background: Changing teamwork climate in healthcare through a collective shift in attitudes
and values may be a necessary precursor to establishing a positive teamwork culture, where …

A multi-faceted, longitudinal and prospective collaborative inquiry was initiated in December
2002 with one half of the cohort of operating theatre personnel in a large, acute UK hospital …

Work in progress is reported for a research project aiming to improve multiprofessional
teamworking in operating theatres through iterative educational intervention. Experimental …

Introduction: Positive safety and a teamwork climate in the training environment may be a
precursor for successful teamwork training. This pilot project aimed to implement and test …

As a key department within a healthcare organisation, the operating room is a hazardous
environment, where the consequences of errors are high, despite the relatively low rates of …

Rationale The aim of the research that we report here was to empirically assess the
cohesiveness of the multidisciplinary operating theatre (OT) team. Method We used …

A research agenda for investigating the impact of team-work training on patient safety in the
perioperative environment is presented. The current status of teamwork training is reviewed …

BACKGROUND: Effective teamwork and communication is a crucial determinant of patient
safety in the operating room. Communication failures are often underpinned by the inherent …

Improving patient safety and the culture of care are health service priorities that coexist with
financial pressures on organisations. Research suggests team training and better team …

Developments in surgical technology and procedure have accelerated and altered the work
carried out in the operating theatre/room, but team modelling and training have not co …