Abstract
Background Medical care is accomplished not only by health care providers, but medical care recipients, their family, social system are closely related. Various team models for the purpose of integrated cooperation between health care providers have been developed so far.
Methods In August, 2013, TeamSTEPPS Workshop was held in our University Hospital by the Fellows' Section of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. We explored the effectiveness and problem of TeamSTEPPS, a evidence-based team training program for medical safety by questionnaire survey.
Results Attendees' and observers' interests, understanding, and sympathy on patient safety and TeamSTEPPS much improved soon after attendance to the workshop. TeamSTEPPS was shown to rapidly improve the multidisciplinary health care providers' awareness and recognition of team approach to health care.
Conclusions Approach of TeamSTEPPS can be applied to the simulation education of the emergency and intensive care medicine to multidisciplinary health care providers. Also, we would emphasize the needs for the education of appropriate response after occurrence of the medical error and malpractice to be included in the course of TeamSTEPPS.
