Developing a team performance framework for the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1787-1793

  Reader, Tom W ^a   Flin, Rhona ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^a   Cuthbertson, Brian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Leadership; Patient safety; Team performance framework; Teamwork; Training interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAM BUILDING; TEAMWORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650508025     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819f0451     Document Type: Review

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