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Item Enhancing team success in the neonatal intensive care unit: challenges and opportunities for fluid teams(Frontiers Media S.A., 2023) Bell, Elizabeth A.; Rufrano, Gabrielle A.; Traylor, Allison M.; Ohning, Bryan L.; Salas, EduardoFluid teams, characterized by frequent changes in team membership, are vital in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) due to high patient acuity and the need for a wide range of specialized providers. However, many challenges can hinder effective teamwork in this setting. This article reviews the challenges related to fluid teamwork in the NICU and discusses recommendations from team science to address each challenge. Drawing from the current literature, this paper outlines three challenges that can hinder fluid teamwork in the NICU: incorporating patient families, managing hierarchy among team members, and facilitating effective patient handoffs. The review concludes with recommendations for managing NICU teamwork differently using strategies from team science.Item Helping Healthcare Teams Save Lives During COVID-19: Insights and Countermeasures From Team Science(American Psychological Association, 2021) Traylor, Allison M.; Tannenbaum, Scott I.; Thomas, Eric J.; Salas, EduardoAs the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the United States, health care teams are on the frontlines of this global crisis, often navigating harrowing conditions at work, such as a lack of personal protective equipment and staffing shortages, and distractions at home, including worries about elderly relatives or making childcare arrangements. While the nature and severity of stressors impacting health care teams are in many ways unprecedented, decades of psychological research exploring teamwork in extreme contexts can provide insights to understand and improve outcomes for teams in a crisis. This review highlights the psychological principles that apply to teams in a crisis and illustrates how psychologists can use this knowledge to improve teamwork for medical teams in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic., The review also provides a glimpse toward the future, noting both how psychologists can help health care teams recover and rebound, as well as how additional research can improve psychologists’ understanding of teamwork in times of crisis.Item Managing teamwork in the face of pandemic: evidence-based tips(BMJ, 2021) Tannenbaum, Scott I.; Traylor, Allison M.; Thomas, Eric J.; Salas, EduardoItem The Study of Teamwork Processes Within the Dynamic Domains of Healthcare: A Systematic and Taxonomic Review(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021) Dinh, Julie V.; Schweissing, Ethan J.; Venkatesh, Akshaya; Traylor, Allison M.; Kilcullen, Molly P.; Perez, Joshua A.; Salas, EduardoTeamwork in healthcare is particularly salient in the dynamic domains of critical care: emergency medicine, surgery, and trauma and resuscitation. Within and across these services, teams must be coordinated to provide optimal care in order to provide optimal delivery of health care. Although many disciplines study teamwork, it is unclear how scholars and clinicians conceptualize, study, and apply these processes. The current systematic review investigates how these fields 1) study teams through the application of a teamwork processes rubric and 2) distinguish themselves from other medical disciplines through the empirical research. We drew upon a taxonomy of teamwork processes (Marks et al., Acad. Manag. Rev. 26, 356 ‐376; LePine et al., Person. Psychol. 61, 273 ‐307), operationalizing transition, action, and interpersonal processes, to guide this work. Overall, the dynamic domains of literature studied teamwork processes at high rates, relative to other medical fields. Specifically, they were strongly associated with transition and action processes and the content areas of leadership and performance. Given these emphases, research and practical interventions may want to focus on more interpersonal and collaborative approaches in teamwork