Authors: Azizah Harun, Annamma Kunjukunju, Puziah Yusof, Aini Ahmad.
Patient safety is currently a major concern for healthcare providers. A strong safety culture will be apparent, when healthcare providers feel responsible of patient safety in the workplace. Operation theatre is high-risk area with complex work processes. Working effectively as a team and collaboration with other surgical team members in OT will have a positive impact on safety culture. Multidisciplinary Approach Team Training in healthcare is a collaborative process where delivery of care becomes a shared responsibility. The study aims to determine the effect of teamwork training through Multidisciplinary Approaches (MDA) towards Safety Culture among operation theatre staff in a private hospital. The study has utilized quasi experimental of one group, pretest-posttest design and observation of team performance behavior. It was conducted using purposive sampling of 56 samples. The process of teamwork multidisciplinary training approach started with a pre-test. The post test is carried out one month after the training. An observation of the teamwork performance behavioural change is carried out after first and second three months of practice. The descriptive statistic results and the dependent t-test result showed the difference in pretest and post-test results of teamwork training. The result of the difference safety culture teamwork (SCT) practices in pre-test M = 315.41, SD = 25.92 and post-test M = 359.3, SD = 21.10, the dependent t-test revealed a significant difference of pre-test and post-test at t (102) = -10.68, p = .00.0. There is a noticeable difference seen in the pre and post teamwork multidisciplinary training. The safety culture teamwork performance behaviour changes in OT were observed for first three and second three months using Team Performance Observation checklist. There is an increase of team performance behaviour from the first three months, M=91.30 SD 16.3, to second three months M= 97.75, SD 14.68. The T-test has showed the significant difference between Team Performance Behavior in first three months and second three months, t(107) =2.3, p = .023. The findings had shown positive outcomes and showed significant impact of teamwork training through MDA towards safety culture among operation theatre staff.
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