TeamSTEPPS® Training Module for Primary Care Practices Now Available

A new TeamSTEPPS® training module for primary care practices is now available in draft form. Primary care practices can use this training curriculum to improve patient safety by teaching health care providers and staff how to communicate better, work more effectively, and make a greater commitment to teamwork. TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based learning approach jointly developed by AHRQ and the Department of Defense. The new module applies the four TeamSTEPPS core competencies—team leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, and communication—to the primary care setting. It also includes case studies and videos relevant to primary care to illustrate these evidence-based concepts. Select for more information on the new Primary Care TeamSTEPPS module.

TeamSTEPPS® Primary Care Version

The Primary Care 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 below are tailored to the primary care environment.
For questions on how to use or implement this module or to offer feedback, call Richard Ricciardi, Ph.D., N.P., at 301-427-1578 or send an e-mail to richard.ricciardi@ahrq.hhs.gov.

Materials

This TeamSTEPPS module may undergo refinements while it is being tested in primary care practices as part of a project that runs through 2015. These files are offered as a courtesy to medical offices that wish to apply TeamSTEPPS principles in their practice settings.