Defining conditions for effective interdisciplinary care team communication in an open surgical intensive care unit: a qualitative study
Carmen M Diaz, Abahuje Egide, Andrew Berry, Miriam Rafferty, Ali Amro, Kaithlyn Tesorero, Michael Shapiro, Bona Ko, Whitney Jones, John D Slocum, Julie Johnson, Anne Madeleine Stey · 2023
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Carmen Diaz and a large team of co-authors studied in 2023 what helps mixed care teams talk well in an open surgical intensive care unit. Poor talk between professions has been tied to more deaths. The team ran six interviews and ten focus groups with thirty-three clinicians of many roles at a large urban center. Sessions ran from February to June 2021.
Five themes defined good team talk: clear roles, formal routines, informal channels, hierarchy, and feeling safe to speak. Staff said defined roles and standard routines in formal settings gave them room to speak up. That in turn softened rank and built safety. The authors urge units to standardize how teams communicate and to spell out roles, so every voice can enter the discussion.
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| CREATOR | Carmen M Diaz, Abahuje Egide, Andrew Berry, Miriam Rafferty, Ali Amro, Kaithlyn Tesorero, Michael Shapiro, Bona Ko, Whitney Jones, John D Slocum, Julie Johnson, Anne Madeleine Stey |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |