Measuring teamwork and conflict among emergency medical technician personnel

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-108

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Weaver, Matthew D ^a   Weaver, Sallie J ^b   Rosen, Michael A ^c   Todorova, Gergana ^d   Weingart, Laurie R ^d   Krackhardt, David ^d   Lave, Judith R ^e   Arnold, Robert M ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict; emergency medical technicians; safety; survey; teamwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 82555172986     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.616260     Document Type: Article

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