Aim: Healthcare is delivered by teams, but the training of healthcare staff is commonly undertaken in professional silos. This study investigated local perspectives on the sustainability of NetworkZ, a New Zealand national simulation-based multi-disciplinary operating room team training programme.
Method: Local course instructors and managers were invited to participate in semi-structured interviews.
Objective: We evaluated the effectiveness of a simulation-based intervention on improving teamwork in multidisciplinary critical care teams managing airway and cardiac crises and compared simulation-based learning and case-based learning on scores for performance.
Design: Self-controlled randomized crossover study design with blinded assessors.
Setting: A simulated critical care ward, using a high-fidelity patient simulator, in a university simulation center.