Creating High Reliability Teams for Public Health Preparedness
How do controller-led in situ simulations affect team function, dynamics, and communications among staff responsible for public health emergency operations and coordination at a state health department?
The researchers propose that interdisciplinary team effectiveness can be learned during in situ simulations, and performance problems and efficiencies can be identified and categorized into specific behavioral markers.
Didactic Training versus In Situ Simulation
What are the differences in performance between didactic training and in situ simulation training?
Do in situ simulations:
- reduce missteps and miscommunications in the real world environment?
- improve exercise performance?
- impact team dynamics and function?
Project Relevance
In critical incidents and events, delays, mistakes, and errors result from team failure and communication breakdown. This study examines how an in situ simulation strategy can be used to help state Department of Health department operations centers (DOCs) increase their effectiveness, efficiency, and ability to respond to the effects of disasters.
Lead Investigator
William Riley, PhD, University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management
Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships, School of Public Health
Other Key Staff
Paige Anderson Bowen, MPH
University of Minnesota Program Manager, Division of Health Policy and Managment, School of Public Health
Mickey Scullard, MPH
Minnesota Department of Health Project Coordinator
Exercise and Education Planner
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, MEP Minnesota Department of Health
Education, Exercises, and Planning Unit Supervisor
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Jane Braun, MPH, EM Minnesota Department of Health
Deputy Director of Emergency Preparedness
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Samantha Morgan, MPH Minnesota Department of Health
CDC Prevention Specialist
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Consultants
Stan Davis, MD, and Kristi Miller, RN, MS
Medical Teamwork Consultants