title: Assessing a team's problem solving ability: evaluation of the Team Problem Solving Assessment Tool (TPSAT).
abstract: By employing group consensus development methods, this research identified the variables that experts in team problem solving believe are the most important to a team's problem solving ability. These variables were used to develop a quantitative decision aid to allow health care managers and practitioners to estimate how effective a given problem solving group or team will be at solving a problem. This decision aid can be used to assess a team's problem solving potential before the time and effort is expended to convene the team. This report presents the design and initial evaluations of this decision aid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rotondi
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams / Q000592:standards*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D011361:Professional Competence; D017749:Total Quality Management