NetworkZ

Registrations are closing soon for our next Simulation Instructor Training course! Email us at [email protected] for more information.

One of our main goals with NetworkZ simulation training is to enhance teamwork and communication within healthcare teams. We use evidence-based practice to achieve this, creating learning environments to promote the conditions required for high-functioning teams, that ultimately improve teamwork and patient safety. We know that high-performing teams have positive effects on both patient safety and staff-wellbeing.

Our friends at the University of Auckland have recently published a narrative review on the impact of teamwork and team performance through the lens of situation awareness. Situation awareness helps us to perceive cues in the clinical environment, interpret them, and predict how the situation may evolve. In the context of acute clinical care, situation awareness can be improved if the whole team actively contributes to monitoring the environment, processing information, and planning next steps.

Check out their review (below) and read about how team situation awareness can be maintained, and how this can create high-functioning teams and ultimately improve the safety of clinical care!

Teamwork matters: team situation awareness to build high-performing healthcare teams, a narrative review Healthcare today is the prerogative of teams rather than of individuals. In acute care domains such as anaesthesia, intensive care, and emergency medi…

Check out An ED Visit Like No Other, featured in the latest edition of the Australasian College of Paramedicine's Response magazine, where Mark Garner shines a spotlight on the role of paramedics during our trauma simulations as well as ‍the important role they play in the Emergency Department.

"As the role of paramedics continues to diversify, it is important that they become more integrated into the emergency management teams, and the NetworkZ simulation training is an excellent way to do this in a non-threatening, safe, equitable environment. If you are offered the chance to participate in a NetworkZ training, I would highly recommend it. Not only will it count towards your CPD hours, but it will help to improve communication, relationships, and appreciation of the paramedic’s role in the overall healthcare system."

You can check out the magazine athttps://paramedics.org/publications/response/pdf/27/Summer%202024.pdf

Well done to all the ED trauma teams around Aotearoa for reaching 1000 staff involvement in NetworkZ Trauma sessions! Our thanks goes to the National Trauma Network, especially Ian Civil and Siobhan Isles, for their unwavering support and belief in the programme. And also, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and ACC New Zealand for helping make the magic possible.

But most of all, thank you to the 1000 local staff for their amazing mahi and commitment to patient improvement in the complex ED environment! Outstanding multidisciplinary teams, interdepartmental collaboration, and a constant pursuit of the right care showcase a dedication to achieving the best outcome for our patients and whanau! 🥳