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Interpersonal learning behavior in medical teams

English title Interpersonal learning behavior in medical teams
Applicant Klumb Petra
Number 120236
Funding scheme Interdisciplinary projects
Research institution Département de Psychologie Université de Fribourg
Institution of higher education University of Fribourg - FR
Main discipline Psychology
Start/End 01.07.2008 - 31.01.2013
Approved amount 154'508.00
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All Disciplines (3)

Discipline
Psychology
Science of management
Internal Medicine

Keywords (12)

cooperation; critical incidents; leadership; patient safety; team; learning; communication; extra-role behaviors; shift handoffs; medical teams; quality of care; diversity

Lay Summary (English)

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Lay summary
TitleInterpersonal learning behaviors in medical teamsPrincipal investigatorsProf. Dr. Petra Klumb, University of Fribourg und Prof. Dr. Daniel Scheidegger, University Clinic BaselAimsIn medical organizations, learning is important for the adaptation to changing demands and thereby ensures continuity in patient care. Handoffs from one work shift to the next are a focal point of learning. With this study we aim at identifying predictors, concomitants, and consequences of learning behaviors during shift transitions and at improving the handoff process.RelevanceThe number of shift handoffs in Swiss hospitals increased recently because of the introduction of the 50-hour work week for medical doctors. The present study will contribute to our knowledge about effective communication during handoffs in complex patient care teams. It will result in recommendations regarding how to further strengthen communication and learning among nurses. Furthermore, we will try to extend the knowledge gained from studying nurses and apply it to physicians. It may benefit society through increased knowledge of interpersonal behaviors that medical teams can use during handoffs to proactively enhance the accurate transfer of medical information about patients to the oncoming shifts, to socialize and train novices, and to create a healthy safety culture. All this is in the service of patient safety.Scientific background and methodologyThe study is rooted in the literature on team learning and will extend and test Edmondson’s model on learning behaviors. While assessing both behaviors that are prescribed by one’s work role (in-role) and those that go beyond one’s role (extra-role) during shift transitions, the study focuses to a greater extent on the extra-role ones that are performed for the common good. In a multi-method approach, we will combine surveys with document analyses and audio recordings. Individual and team characteristics such as team composition assessed via survey are expected to predict differences in learning behaviors which we will assess by sampling shift-handoffs with the aid of handheld computers.
Direct link to Lay Summary Last update: 21.02.2013

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Collaboration

Group / person Country
Types of collaboration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States of America (North America)
- in-depth/constructive exchanges on approaches, methods or results

Scientific events

Active participation

Title Type of contribution Title of article or contribution Date Place Persons involved
Jubiläumstagung 2012 "60 Jahre Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (SGAR), 40 Jahre Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin (SGI)" 15.11.2012 Basel
13th Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society 11.09.2012 Basel


Knowledge transfer events



Self-organised

Title Date Place
Talk at University Hospital Basel 19.08.2013 Basel

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