Evaluation of the effect of multidisciplinary simulation-based team training on patients, staff and organisations: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-mixed methods study of a national, insurer-funded initiative for surgical teams in New Zealand public hospitals

IntroductionNetworkZ is a national, insurer-funded multidisciplinary simulation-based team-training programme for all New Zealand surgical teams. NetworkZ is delivered in situ, using full-body commercial simulators integrated with bespoke surgical models. Rolled out nationally over 4 years, the prog...

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Main Authors: Craig S Webster, Matthew Moore, Alan Merry, Chris Frampton, Peter Beaver, Jennifer Weller, Jennifer Anne Long, David Cumin, Alexander L Garden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/2/e032997.full