Putting the MeaT into TeaM Training: Development, Delivery, and Evaluation of a Surgical Team-Training Workshop.
BACKGROUND
Despite importance to patient care, team training is infrequently used in surgical education. To address this, a workshop was developed by the Association for Surgical Education Simulation Committee to teach team training using high-fidelity patient simulators and the American College of Surgeons-Association of Program Directors in Surgery team-training curriculum.


METHODS
Workshops were conducted at 3 national meetings. Participants completed preworkshop and postworkshop questionnaires to define experience, confidence in using simulation, intention to implement, as well as workshop content quality. The course consisted of (A) a didactic review of Preparation, Implementation, and Debriefing and (B) facilitated small group simulation sessions followed by debriefings.


RESULTS
Of 78 participants, 51 completed the workshops. Overall, 65% indicated that residents at their institutions used patient simulation, but only 33% used the American College of Surgeons-the Association of Program Directors in Surgery team-training modules. The workshop increased confidence to implement simulation team training (3.4 ± 1.3 vs 4.5 ± 0.9). Quality and importance were rated highly (5.4 ± 00.6, highest score = 6).


CONCLUSIONS
Preparation for simulation-based team training is possible in this workshop setting, although the effect on actual implementation remains to be determined.
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts. Electronic address: neal.seymour@baystatehealth.org.
Neal E
NE
Seymour
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
John T
JT
Paige
Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
Sonal
S
Arora
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Gladys L
GL
Fernandez
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Rajesh
R
Aggarwal
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shawn T
ST
Tsuda
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.
Kinga A
KA
Powers
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Gerard
G
Langlois
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dimitrios
D
Stefanidis
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004493:Education; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D016544:Patient Simulation
Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Practice-Based Learning and Improvement; Professionalism; continuing professional development; debriefing; nontechnical skills; patient simulation; surgical education; team training