Comparing Individual Versus Team Decision-Making Using Simulated Exercises in a Master of Public Health Program

IF 1.1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
S. Sibbald, N. Campbell, Cecilia Flores-Sandoval, M. Speechley
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Abstract

In line with the complex modern health care system and the increasing importance of interprofessional teams, a powerful strategy to facilitate the acquisition of essential teamwork skills and expose students to complex decision-making processes is learning in teams. The purpose of our study was to obtain empirical evidence of superior decision-making by teams versus individuals in two simulated decision-making exercises conducted 4 months apart. We collected quantitative data from three cohorts of Master of Public Health students to determine if teams make better decisions than individuals (“team effect”) between September and January. Students completed simulated emergency survival exercises requiring them to make correct decisions individually and then as teams. Decision quality was determined by comparison to survival experts’ decisions. We calculated the “team effect” as the gain or loss of mean individual versus group scores across 10 learning teams per cohort for fall and winter exercises. All three cohorts had a consistently small average team effect in September and a much larger team effect in January. Our study showed consistent improvements in decision-making after students had worked in teams for 4 months. Overall, this study demonstrates the potential benefit of incorporating team learning into a public health curriculum and the importance of strategies to teach teamwork in health education. Using simulation in health education and promoting team learning activities can help prepare students for interprofessional collaboration, a part of the demanding public health landscape. These results might help convince students of the benefits of teamwork, facilitate collaborative decision-making, and enhance the learning experience.
在公共卫生硕士项目中使用模拟练习比较个人和团队决策
随着复杂的现代卫生保健系统和跨专业团队的重要性日益增加,促进获得基本团队合作技能并使学生接触复杂决策过程的有力策略是团队学习。我们研究的目的是在相隔4个月的两次模拟决策练习中获得团队决策优于个人决策的经验证据。我们收集了三个公共卫生硕士学生队列的定量数据,以确定9月至1月期间团队是否比个人做出更好的决策(“团队效应”)。学生们完成了模拟的紧急生存练习,要求他们单独做出正确的决定,然后作为团队做出正确的决定。决策质量是通过与生存专家的决策进行比较来确定的。我们将“团队效应”计算为每个队列在秋季和冬季练习中10个学习小组的平均个人与小组得分的得失。所有三个组在9月份的平均团队效应都很小,而在1月份的团队效应要大得多。我们的研究表明,学生在团队中工作4个月后,决策能力得到了持续的提高。总体而言,本研究证明了将团队学习纳入公共卫生课程的潜在好处,以及在健康教育中教授团队合作的策略的重要性。在健康教育中使用模拟和促进团队学习活动可以帮助学生为跨专业合作做好准备,这是要求苛刻的公共卫生领域的一部分。这些结果可能有助于说服学生团队合作的好处,促进协作决策,并提高学习经验。
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