Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS® in Action

This webcast provided background on AHRQ's Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Program, the TeamSTEPPS® 3.0 team training curriculum, and how the use of TeamSTEPPS improves SOPS scores. A representative from the University of North Carolina Division of Healthcare Engineering highlighted how concepts drawn from SOPS Hospital Survey and TeamSTEPPS resources were applied to virtual reality training, and how these efforts improved patient safety culture and team communication in the hospital surgery department.