Measuring teamwork in health care settings a review of survey instruments

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e16-e30

  Valentine, Melissa A ^a   Nembhard, Ingrid M ^b   Edmondson, Amy C ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

psychometric properties; survey instruments; teamwork

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER; CONTENT VALIDITY; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; VALIDITY; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84926089574     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827feef6     Document Type: Review

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