• Neal E Seymour, John T Paige, Sonal Arora, Gladys L Fernandez, Rajesh Aggarwal, Shawn T Tsuda, Kinga A Powers, Gerard Langlois, and Dimitrios Stefanidis.
• Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts. Electronic address: neal.seymour@baystatehealth.org.
• J Surg Educ. 2016 Jan 1; 73 (1): 136-42.

BackgroundDespite importance to patient care, team training is infrequently used in surgical education. To address this, a workshop was developed by the Association for Surgical Education Simulation Committee to teach team training using high-fidelity patient simulators and the American College of Surgeons-Association of Program Directors in Surgery team-training curriculum.MethodsWorkshops were conducted at 3 national meetings. Participants completed preworkshop and postworkshop questionnaires to define experience, confidence in using simulation, intention to implement, as well as workshop content quality. The course consisted of (A) a didactic review of Preparation, Implementation, and Debriefing and (B) facilitated small group simulation sessions followed by debriefings.ResultsOf 78 participants, 51 completed the workshops. Overall, 65% indicated that residents at their institutions used patient simulation, but only 33% used the American College of Surgeons-the Association of Program Directors in Surgery team-training modules. The workshop increased confidence to implement simulation team training (3.4 ± 1.3 vs 4.5 ± 0.9). Quality and importance were rated highly (5.4 ± 00.6, highest score = 6).ConclusionsPreparation for simulation-based team training is possible in this workshop setting, although the effect on actual implementation remains to be determined.Copyright © 2015 Association of Program Directors in Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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