Multidisciplinary obstetric simulated emergency scenarios (MOSES): Promoting patient safety in obstetrics with teamwork-focused interprofessional simulations

• Published in: The Journal of continuing education in the health professions Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 98 - 104
• Main Authors: Freeth, Della, Ayida, Gubby, Berridge, Emma Jane, Mackintosh, Nicola, Norris, Beverley, Sadler, Chris, Strachan, Alasdair
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2009; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Clinical Competence; Continuing Education; Cooperation; Educational Environment; Electronic Mail; Emergency Medical Services; England; Evaluation; Foreign Countries; Health Services; Humans; Inservice Training; Interdisciplinary Communication; interprofessional learning; Interprofessional Relationship; Interviews; Interviews as Topic; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Obstetrics; Obstetrics - education; patient safety; Patients; Perception; Program Evaluation; Safety; Safety Management; Simulation; Student Attitudes; Teaching - methods; Team Training; Teamwork; Transfer of Training; transfer to practice; United Kingdom; United Kingdom; England

Introduction: We describe an example of simulation‐based interprofessional continuing education, the multidisciplinary obstetric simulated emergency scenarios (MOSES) course, which was designed to enhance nontechnical skills among obstetric teams and, hence, improve patient safety. Participants'...