Background: Effective teamwork and sufficient communication are critical components essential to patient safety\nin today�s specialized and complex healthcare services. Team training is important for an improved efficiency in\ninter-professional teamwork within hospitals, however the scientific rigor of studies must be strengthen and more\nresearch is required to compare studies across samples, settings and countries. The aims of the study are to\ntranslate and validate teamwork questionnaires and investigate healthcare personnel�s perception of teamwork in\nhospitals (Part 1). Further to explore the impact of an inter-professional teamwork intervention in a surgical ward on\nstructure, process and outcome (Part 2).\nMethods: To address the aims, a descriptive, and explorative design (Part 1), and a quasi-experimental interventional\ndesign will be applied (Part 2). The study will be carried out in five different hospitals (A-E) in three hospital trusts in\nNorway. Frontline healthcare personnel in Hospitals A and B, from both acute and non-acute departments, will be\ninvited to respond to three Norwegian translated teamwork questionnaires (Part 1). An inter-professional teamwork\nintervention in line with the TeamSTEPPS recommend Model of Change will be implemented in a surgical ward at\nHospital C. All physicians, registered nurses and assistant nurses in the intervention ward and two control wards\n(Hospitals D and E) will be invited to to survey their perception of teamwork, team decision making, safety culture and\nattitude towards teamwork before intervention and after six and 12 months. Adult patients admitted to the intervention\nsurgical unit will be invited to survey their perception of quality of care during their hospital stay before intervention\nand after six and 12 month. Moreover, anonymous patient registry data from local registers and data from patients�\nmedical records will be collected (Part 2).\nDiscussion: This study will help to understand the impact of an inter-professional teamwork intervention in a surgical\nward and contribute to promote healthcare personnel�s team competences with an opportunity to achieve changes in\nwork processes and patient safety.
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