title: Creating an environment for patient safety and teamwork training in the operating theatre: A quasi-experimental study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Positive safety and a teamwork climate in the training environment may be a precursor for successful teamwork training. This pilot project aimed to implement and test whether a new interdisciplinary and team-based approach would result in a positive training climate in the operating theatre.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 3-day educational module for training the complete surgical team of specialist nursing students and residents in safe teamwork skills in an authentic operative theatre, named Co-Op, was implemented in a university hospital. Participants' (n=22) perceptions of the 'safety climate' and the 'teamwork climate', together with their 'readiness for inter-professional learning', were measured to examine if the Co-Op module produced a positive training environment compared with the perceptions of a control group (n=11) attending the conventional curriculum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participants' perceptions of 'safety climate' and 'teamwork climate' and their 'readiness for inter-professional learning' scores were significantly higher following the Co-Op module compared with their perceptions following the conventional curriculum, and compared with the control group's perceptions following the conventional curriculum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Co-Op module improved 'safety climate' and 'teamwork climate' in the operating theatre, which suggests that a deliberate and designed educational intervention can shape a learning environment as a model for the establishment of a safety culture.
authors.affiliation: Karolinska University Hospital , Sweden .
authors.forename: Carl-Johan
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wallin
authors.forename: Sigridur
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalman
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sandelin
authors.forename: May-Lena
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Färnert
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dahlstrand
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jylli
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D061214:Patient Safety; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000193:education*