TeamSTEPPS Curriculum Tools and Materials

• How to Order TeamSTEPPS Materials
• Core TeamSTEPPS Training Curriculum Materials
• TeamSTEPPS Rapid Response Systems (RRS) Training Module
• Additional TeamSTEPPS Tools and Materials available for download

How to Order TeamSTEPPS Materials

TeamSTEPPS materials are available both online and in print format.

Instructor Guide: A limited number of assembled toolkits (including the CD, DVD, and printed materials in a 3-inch looseleaf binder) are available from the AHRQ Clearinghouse, on a single-copy basis, at cost.

• Phone: 800-358-9295.
• E-mail: (Civilian Orders) ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov; (DoD/TRICARE Orders) dodteamstepps@ahrq.hhs.gov

Multimedia Resource Kit, Pocket Guide, Poster and RRS Module: Free single copies of the CD-ROM and DVD disks (distributed in a disk wallet as the Multimedia Resource Kit); the Pocket Guide that summarizes TeamSTEPPS principles in a portable, easy-to-use format; and the 17- x 22-inch poster that tells your staff you are adopting TeamSTEPPS are available from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse. DoD requests should indicate the order is "DoD/TRICARE."

• Online: Civilian Orders, DoD/TRICARE Orders.
• Phone: 800-358-9295.
• E-mail: (Civilian Orders) ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov; (DoD/TRICARE Orders) dodteamstepps@ahrq.hhs.gov.

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Core TeamSTEPPS Training Curriculum Materials

TeamSTEPPS is presented in a multimedia format, with tools to help your health care organization plan, conduct, and evaluate its own team training program. All materials are available online and in printed copies. The core curriculum includes:

• An Instructor Guide that explains how to conduct a pre-training assessment of an organization's training needs, how to present the information effectively, and how to manage organizational change. The guide also provides an evidence base for each lesson.
• Nine video vignettes about how failures in teamwork and communication can place patients in jeopardy and how successful teams can work to improve patient outcomes.
• A Pocket Guide that summarizes TeamSTEPPS principles in a portable, easy-to-use format.
• PowerPoint® presentations that convey basic TeamSTEPPS principles.

All of the materials above can be ordered as a toolkit (including the CD, DVD, and printed materials in a 3-inch looseleaf binder) from the AHRQ Clearinghouse, on a single-copy basis, at cost. A 17- x 22-inch poster that tells your staff you are adopting TeamSTEPPS is also available from the AHRQ Clearinghouse.

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TeamSTEPPS Rapid Response Systems (RRS) Training Module

This evidence-based module provides insight into the core concepts of teamwork as they are applied to the rapid response system (RRS). The module is available online and as a CD-ROM. Both versions contain the RRS Instructor Guide and training slides in Word®, PDF, and PowerPoint® and offer high-quality video vignettes of teamwork as it relates to RRS.

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Additional TeamSTEPPS Tools and Materials available for download

Enhancing Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Module

This module is designed to help you develop and deploy a customized plan to train your staff in teamwork skills and lead a medical teamwork improvement initiative in your organization from initial concept development through to sustainment of positive changes. The module will provide insight into the core concepts of teamwork as they are applied to your work with patients who have difficulty communicating in English. Comprehensive curricula and instructional guides include short case studies and videos illustrating teamwork opportunities and successes.

TeamSTEPPS Long-Term Care Version

This version of TeamSTEPPS adapts the core concepts of the TeamSTEPPS program to reflect the environment of nursing homes and other other long-term care settings such as assisted living and continuing care retirement communities. The examples, discussions, and exercises are tailored to the long-term care environment.

TeamSTEPPS Primary Care Version

This version of TeamSTEPPS adapts the core concepts of the TeamSTEPPS program to reflect the environment of primary care office-based teams. The examples, discussions, and exercises are tailored to the primary care environment.

Training Guide: Using Simulation in TeamSTEPPS Training

This guide provides instruction on using simulation-based training when teaching TeamSTEPPS. The use of simulation has proven to be a powerful strategy in team-based health care. It affords excellent opportunities to enhance the quality of continuing education for health care professionals, as well as provide education and practice for students learning to become health care professionals.

TeamSTEPPS Leadership Briefing Slides

• Make the business case to the leadership in your organization for why implementing TeamSTEPPS is a good idea. Download this customizable slide set (PPT - 821 KB; PPT Plugin help) or view text-only version online.

TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Perception Questionnaire (T-TPQ)

• T-TPQ is a new measurement tool to help you determine how an individual perceives the current state of teamwork within an organization. Measuring an individual's perception of collective teamwork offers a broader picture of an organization's team climate. A measure of perceptions of overall teamwork will serve as an additional measure of the effectiveness of TeamSTEPPS training. Also, The T-TPQ has been designed to correlate with the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (HSOP) work area/unit subscale constructs. Download this tool (PDF - 192 KB; PDF Plugin help).

TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire (T-TAQ)

• T-TAQ is a measurement tool to help you determine whether TeamSTEPPS tools and strategies enhanced an individual participant's attitudes toward teamwork, increased knowledge about effective team practice and improved team skills. The T-TAQ can be used to assess specific needs within the unit or health care institution and whether the TeamSTEPPS intervention produced the desired attitude change. Download this tool (PDF - 215 KB; PDF Plugin help) or view text-only version online.

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More Resources on Team Training and Patient Safety

PSNet features essential resources on patient safety, with weekly updates of patient safety literature, tools, and meetings. Go to http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/

Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Department of Defense
TRICARE

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