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Table 1 Team knowledge, skills, and attitude competencies

From: Teamwork and team training in the ICU: Where do the similarities with aviation end?

Element

Description

Knowledge competencies

Knowing a team's goals, objectives, and resources

Knowing the strategies used to cope with task demands for specific situations

Knowing task procedures and how taskwork will be divided

Knowing team roles and expected interaction patterns between team members

Knowing team member competencies, behavioral tendencies, and strengths and weaknesses

Skill competencies

Monitoring team members to support their performance

Providing feedback and coaching to team members whose performance is less than optimal

Recognizing and assisting team members when they need help or are unable to perform effectively

Rapidly adapting to changing events

Ensuring receipt and verification of information when communicating with team members

Ability to cooperate and share problem-solving tasks and to resolve conflicts with mutual satisfaction

Leadership in coordinating and motivating team members, assessing performance, allocating and re-allocating tasks, and planning and organizing work

Contributing to a positive team climate

Attitude competencies

Belief in team cohesion

Preference for being part of the group

Trust and confidence in team members

Preference for approaching problems with a team rather than individual approach

Belief in the importance of teamwork and team-oriented behaviors

  1. This table, adapted from Baker and colleagues [21] and Salas and colleagues [9], is original and has not been reproduced elsewhere.