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TeamSTEPPS training shows no measurable gain
Ambulance professionals’ perceptions of teamwork and patient safety culture: a TeamSTEPPS intervention study
BMC Emergency Medicine · 2026-10-16 · Added 17 October 2026
A Norwegian TeamSTEPPS programme for ambulance staff measured teamwork and safety-culture perceptions at baseline, 4 and 12 months — and found no statistically significant change in any dimension despite the structured training.
- Study type
- Cross-sectional
- Design
- Repeated cross-sectional questionnaire study within a team-training intervention
- Participants
- 90 ambulance professionals at baseline (104 eligible)
- Main finding
- No statistically significant changes in any teamwork or patient-safety dimension at 4 or 12 months; error reporting scored lowest (mean 2.56) at baseline.
- Caveat
- No control group and response rates fell from 87% to 53% across the time points.
- Bottom line
- Context only
Why it matters in Australia (High relevance). Structured team-training programmes are common across Australian ambulance services, so a well-conducted null result is directly relevant to anyone selling the next training package.
Learning goal
Understand why structured teamwork training may fail to shift patient safety culture in paramedic practice.
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- Topic: Education & training
- Daily scan: 17 October 2026
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