Development of a self-assessment teamwork tool for use by medical and nursing students

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Exploratory factor analysis

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2
2. Each team member had a clear role	0.791	0.230
6. A plan for treatment was communicated to the team	0.754	0.275
5. When team members received instructions they closed the communication loop	0.720	0.251
4. Instructions and verbal communications were directed	0.706	0.194
1. An overview of the situation was maintained	0.676	0.211
15. Suggestions were invited from within the team when problem-solving	0.151	0.796
14. Team members offered assistance to one other	0.277	0.775
13. Team members sought assistance from each other	0.362	0.748
12. Situational information was verbalised	0.209	0.646
3. Instructions were explicit ^a	0.584	0.402
7. Priorities and orders of actions were communicated to the team ^a	0.745	0.390
8. Possible future developments or requirements were communicated clearly ^a	0.693	0.380
9. Questions, input, or requests for clarification were responded to appropriately ^a	0.519	0.439
10. When expressions of concern were raised and not responded to appropriately, team members persisted in seeking a response, or took action ^a	0.596	0.426
11. Important clinical actions were verbalised ^a	0.445	0.627

Key: Factor 1: Teamwork coordination and communication; Factor 2: Information sharing and support, ^a and italicised text indicate cross-loaded items not used in the 2 factors. Principal component analysis with varimax rotation (Kaiser normalisation)

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