Teamwork plays a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and safety of care delivery in the intensive care unit (ICU). The measurement of these skills, therefore, is paramount to quantifying performance, providing developmental feedback, and evaluating the impact of initiatives to improve performance. The purpose of this paper is to detail the development of a theoretically-driven and context-driven approach to the measurement of teamwork skills in critical care.
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