What makes maternity teams effective and safe? Lessons from a series of research on teamwork, leadership and team training

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1239-1243

  Siassakos, Dimitrios ^a   Fox, Robert ^b   Bristowe, Katherine ^c   Angouri, Jo ^d   Hambly, Helen ^e   Robson, Lauren ^a   Draycott, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; emergency; handover; Interprofessional; leader; patient care team; patient safety; simulation; teamwork; training

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TEAMWORK;

COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY; HANDOVER; INTERPROFESSIONAL; LEADER; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; SIMULATION; TEAMWORK; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84886880908     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12248     Document Type: Review

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