Can aviation-based team training elicit sustainable behavioral change?

Objective: To quantify effects of aviation-based crew resource management training on patient safety-related behaviors and perceived personal empowerment.

Design: Prospective study of checklist use, error self-reporting, and a 10-point safety empowerment survey after participation in a crew resource management training intervention.

Setting: Seven hundred twenty-two-bed university hospital; 247-bed affiliated community hospital.