Crew resource management and team training

Eswar Sundar; Sugantha Sundar; John Pawlowski; Richard Blum; David Feinstein; Stephen Pratt

doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2007.03.011

Crew resource management and team training

Anesthesiol Clin. 2007 Jun;25(2):283-300. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2007.03.011.

Authors

Eswar Sundar¹, Sugantha Sundar, John Pawlowski, Richard Blum, David Feinstein, Stephen Pratt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, CC-539, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA. esundar@bidmc.harvard.edu

PMID: 17574191
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2007.03.011

Abstract

This article reviews medical team training using the principles of crew resource management (CRM). It also briefly discusses crisis resource management, a subset of CRM, as applied to high-acuity medical situations. Guidelines on setting up medical team training programs are presented. Team training programs are classified and examples of simulation-based and classroom-based programs are offered and their merits discussed. Finally, a brief look at the future of team training concludes this review article.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesia
Anesthesiology / trends
Clinical Competence*
Crisis Intervention
Education, Medical / trends*
Humans
Leadership
Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
Patient Simulation