TeamSTEPPS™ is an evidence-based teamwork system aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and other teamwork skills among health care professionals. It includes a comprehensive set of ready-to-use materials and training curricula necessary to integrate teamwork principles successfully into your health care system.

TeamSTEPPS™, developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is presented in a multimedia format, with tools to help your health care organization plan, conduct, and evaluate its own team training program. It includes:

• A Multimedia Resource Kit with contents of the Instructor Guide in electronic form plus high-quality video vignettes of teamwork situations. This comes as a CD-ROM with the printable files (Word^®, PDF, and PowerPoint^®) that comprise the Instructor Guide and the Pocket Guide, plus a DVD that contains nine video vignettes about how failures in teamwork and communication can place patients in jeopardy, and how successful teams can work to improve patient outcomes.
  
• A spiral-bound Pocket Guide that summarizes TeamSTEPPS™ principles in a portable, easy-to-use format.

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