PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W R Hamman
TI  - The complexity of team training: what we have learned from aviation and its applications to medicine
AID  - 10.1136/qshc.2004.009910
DP  - 2004 Oct 01
TA  - Quality and Safety in Health Care
PG  - i72--i79
VI  - 13
IP  - suppl 1
4099  - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/13/suppl_1/i72.short
4100  - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/13/suppl_1/i72.full
SO  - Qual Saf Health Care2004 Oct 01; 13
AB  - Errors in health care that compromise patient safety are tied to latent failures in the structure and function of systems. Teams of people perform most care delivered today, yet training often remains focused on individual responsibilities. Training programmes for all healthcare workers need to increase the educational experience of working in interdisciplinary teams. The complexities of team training require a multifunctional (systems) approach, which crosses organisational divisions to allow communication, accountability, and creation and maintenance of interdisciplinary teams. This report identifies challenges for medical education in performing the research, identifying performance measurements, and modifying educational curricula for the advancement of interdisciplinary teams, based on the complexity of team training identified in commercial aviation.