Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Implementation

• Simulation based multidisciplinary teamwork, communication and error reduction training since March 2005
  • Plan Simulations to Reinforce Behaviors Around Difficult Concepts
  • Equipment failures, difficult vascular access or difficult airways force teams to respond to critical scenarios in a time pressured environment
  • Set up situations in which staff must use assertive statements, challenge authority gradient, etc