Enhancing Surgical Team Performance with Game-Based training

Enhancing Surgical Team Performance with Game-Based training

  Poor team communication has been attributed to many patient safety issues in healthcare. Efficacious team training methods are needed. The present study examines the use of a game-based training approach for enhancing surgical team communication skills. Participants who played the game achieved im...

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Main Authors: Christine Kreutzer, Madeline Marks, Clint Bowers, Curtiss Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serious Games Society 2016-03-01
Series:International Journal of Serious Games
Subjects:
Healthcare
Teams
Communication
Online Access:http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/103
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spelling doaj-5bdf87831c2f401a92aa915da912071f2020-11-24T20:51:12ZengSerious Games SocietyInternational Journal of Serious Games2384-87662016-03-013110.17083/ijsg.v3i1.10357Enhancing Surgical Team Performance with Game-Based trainingChristine Kreutzer0Madeline Marks1Clint Bowers2Curtiss Murphy3University of Central FloridaUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of Central FloridaAlion Science and Technology  Poor team communication has been attributed to many patient safety issues in healthcare. Efficacious team training methods are needed. The present study examines the use of a game-based training approach for enhancing surgical team communication skills. Participants who played the game achieved improved declarative knowledge, and had greater levels of training transfer relative to the control group. These results suggest that game-based training may to be a promising mechanism for improving teamwork in the healthcare industry.   http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/103HealthcareTeamsCommunication
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Healthcare
Teams
Communication
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title Enhancing Surgical Team Performance with Game-Based training
title_short Enhancing Surgical Team Performance with Game-Based training
title_full Enhancing Surgical Team Performance with Game-Based training
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title_full_unstemmed Enhancing Surgical Team Performance with Game-Based training
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publisher Serious Games Society
series International Journal of Serious Games
issn 2384-8766
publishDate 2016-03-01
description   Poor team communication has been attributed to many patient safety issues in healthcare. Efficacious team training methods are needed. The present study examines the use of a game-based training approach for enhancing surgical team communication skills. Participants who played the game achieved improved declarative knowledge, and had greater levels of training transfer relative to the control group. These results suggest that game-based training may to be a promising mechanism for improving teamwork in the healthcare industry.  
topic Healthcare
Teams
Communication
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