Rating medical emergency teamwork performance: Development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM)

Abstract

Aim: To develop a valid, reliable and feasible teamwork assessment measure for emergency resuscitation team performance. Background: Generic and profession specific team performance assessment measures are available (e.g. anaesthetics) but there are no specific measures for the assessment of emergency resuscitation team performance. Methods: (1) An extensive review of the literature for teamwork instruments, and (2) development of a draft instrument with an expert clinical team. (3) Review by an international team of seven independent experts for face and content validity. (4) Instrument testing on 56 video-recorded hospital and simulated resuscitation events for construct, consistency, conc..