Comprehensive evaluation of medical students' teamwork skills

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Eirini-Kanella Panagiotopoulou, MD
1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece 2. Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Minas Bakirtzis, MD
1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece 2. Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Eirini Vavanou, MD
1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece 2. Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Panagiota Ntonti, MD, MSc
Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece 2. Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Georgios Labiris, MD, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece 2. Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece

Abstract

Background: Teamwork plays a pivotal role in patient care and safety promotion. "TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire" (T-TAQ) aims to the assessment of attitudes of care providers regarding teamwork when enrolled in a series of TeamSTEPPS-based scenarios; among them, cooperation in mass casualty scenarios, medical error simulations, and other virtual learning experiences. However, the use of T-TAQ could be expanded into the evaluation of medical students' collaboration capacity in a series of educational tasks such as the management of a simulated clinical scenario within the context of a university course.


 


Aim: To prospectively explore teamwork performance of Greek medical students in simulated clinical scenarios in the undergraduate course of Ophthalmology.


 


Methods: This is a prospective, descriptive study. All fifth-year medical students attending the undergraduate course of Ophthalmology were asked to form teams, each one had to select a simulated clinical ophthalmological scenario and present the outcomes of their project. Scenarios were case reports from patients that visited the outpatients’ service of the Department during the previous six months. Α custom Greek version of the T-TAQ containing 29 5-scale Likert-type items in five subscales (team structure, leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support and communication) was used to evaluate students’ attitudes on the overall procedure. T-TAQ scores were evaluated with gender, residence and other parameters.


 


Results: 102 students participated in this project. Students presented average total T-TAQ score (3.48±0.99) with non-significant differences regarding gender (p=0.38) and residence (p=0.58). Non-significant differences were detected for all subscale scores, as well (all p>0.05). Significant correlation was detected between team project performance and team structure (R2=0.375, p=0.04), mutual support (R2=0.463, p=0.02), and total T-TAQ score (R2=0.349, p=0.05). Additionally, readiness to form teams showed significant correlation with total T-TAQ score (R2=0.512, p<0.01) and project performance (R2=0.444, p=0.01). However, non-significant correlation was identified between T-TAQ score and students’ final grades in the Ophthalmology course (R2=0.015, p=0.28).


 


Conclusion: Greek medical students demonstrated average T-TAQ scores. Medical schools should also focus on the development of collaboration skills for their medical students and possibly enroll teamwork initiatives to their curricula.

Keywords: Medicine, Medical Education, Communication, Leadership, Collaborative Learning, Patient Simulation

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PANAGIOTOPOULOU, Eirini-Kanella et al. Comprehensive evaluation of medical students' teamwork skills. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 12, dec. 2022. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/3099>. Date accessed: 21 nov. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i12.3099.
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