This presentation is part of the Implementation Science Interest Group (ISIG) from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation
Title:
Understanding teamwork in healthcare and implications for implementation science
About the presentation:
Teamwork in healthcare is fundamental to high quality care but improving teamwork is challenging. Team structures are complex, dynamic and varied. Effective clinical work is highly adaptive and teams must respond safely and effectively to challenges and problems as they unfold. How do we define, analyse and improve teamwork in this complex environment? In this presentation I will discuss recent research on adaptive teamwork in healthcare that addresses these questions and consider the implications for implementation science.
About the speaker:
Professor Anderson is recognised internationally as an expert in systems approaches to healthcare quality improvement. She has pioneered the development of methods for applying adaptive systems approaches to quality and safety in areas such as emergency care, older people’s care, and paediatric emergency care. She is the course leader for the short course Human Factors in Healthcare: Designing Safe Systems, which is designed for clinicians and delivered online over 7 weeks.
About AIHI:
The Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) is an internationally recognised research-intensive centre within Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. We collaborate widely, conducting high impact research into health services and systems to make a positive difference for patients, healthcare professionals and society. aihi.mq.edu.au
