TeamSTEPPS Course

TeamSTEPPS Overview

Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS®) is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools designed to optimize team function and improve patient safety. Our TeamSTEPPS Master Training Course is a 2-day interactive course in partnership with the American Hospital Association. Held at the UCLA Simulation Center, we teach healthcare professionals teamwork and communication tools, using human-centered design thinking tools to implement change. The goal is to develop master trainers as change agents to spread and sustain team training. Master Trainers course will learn all the TeamSTEPPS tools and principles - what they are, how to use them, and how to implement them. They will gain skills and resources for training and facilitating a TeamSTEPPS rollout, integrating TeamSTEPPS within their practice and quality improvement projects at their local unit/institution.

This in-person, highly interactive hands-on “train-the-trainer” course is led by an interprofessional faculty team utilizing games, scenarios and activities. This participatory approach allows course attendees to experience and practice the TeamSTEPPS fundamental content and provides established resources and skills to create training strategies and learning experiences.

Benefits of our TeamSTEPPS Master Training course:

• Interprofessional faculty. Learn from clinical and non-clinical colleagues who have been using and teaching TeamSTEPPS for years.
• Professional development. Build leadership skills needed to improve quality outcomes, workforce resilience and patient safety.
• Updated curriculum. Experience new design thinking activities that help translate big ideas into real-world solutions.
• Implementation plan. Finish with a suite of tools and skills to develop your training/rollout plan, along with actionable next steps.
• Tools and resources. Access the latest TeamSTEPPS resources and connect with fellow Master Trainers in AHA’s online community.
• Master Trainer certificate and CE credit. Receive a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer certificate and digital badge along with continuing education credits.

Registration

Course registration is handled by AHA. This course is designed for participants to attend in teams. The curriculum is best suited for those with little to no previous TeamSTEPPS exposure who will be actively working on training and implementation in their organization.

The registration fee is $900 per person. This fee includes course materials, continuing education credits, meals, and a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer certificate. Everyone is welcome to attend, however teams of 3-5 are strongly encouraged. This course is designed for teams to develop their TeamSTEPPS training programs. Attending as a team allows for more focused and productive discussion regarding implementation of the TeamSTEPPS tools and strategies at your organization. For teams of 3 or more, we offer a team discount of $150 off each person's registration, dropping the price to $750 per person. To get the team discount, please email teamtraining@aha.org to receive instructions before registering. To pay by invoice, please complete the Invoice Request Form and email it to teamtraining@aha.org to receive instructions before registering.

If you registered for this course but can no longer attend, you may send a substitute or request a refund. View our substitutions, cancellations and refunds policy to learn more.

TeamSTEPPS Master Training Overview