title: Development of a self-assessment teamwork tool for use by medical and nursing students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Teamwork training is an essential component of health professional student education. A valid and reliable teamwork self-assessment tool could assist students to identify desirable teamwork behaviours with the potential to promote learning about effective teamwork. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a self-assessment teamwork tool for health professional students for use in the context of emergency response to a mass casualty.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors modified a previously published teamwork instrument designed for experienced critical care teams for use with medical and nursing students involved in mass casualty simulations. The 17-item questionnaire was administered to students immediately following the simulations. These scores were used to explore the psychometric properties of the tool, using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  202 (128 medical and 74 nursing) students completed the self-assessment teamwork tool for students. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 2 factors (5 items - Teamwork coordination and communication; 4 items - Information sharing and support) and these were justified with confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency was 0.823 for Teamwork coordination and communication, and 0.812 for Information sharing and support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data provide evidence to support the validity and reliability of the self-assessment teamwork tool for students This self-assessment tool could be of value to health professional students following team training activities to help them identify the attributes of effective teamwork.
authors.affiliation: Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia. christopher.gordon@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jorm
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Boaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shulruf
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.affiliation: Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Currie
authors.affiliation: Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osomanski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013337:Students, Medical; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Debriefing; Self-assessment; Simulation; Student; Teamwork