Table 1.

Description of clinical setting and team composition.

Article characteristics					Team composition
Author(s), year	Settings	Types of respondents	Role of team effectiveness	Key concepts	MD	Nurses	Other
Surgical setting
La Sala et al, 201536	Intensive care	Team members	DV	Team functioning	x	x	Health care operators
Andrew et al, 201237	Operating room	Team members	IV	Teamwork, team communication, team effectiveness, quality expectations, possession of relevant skills	x
Hamilton et al, 200938	Trauma resuscitations	Third-party experts	DV	Team skills during trauma resuscitation			Postgraduate year—2 surgical trainees
Michinov et al, 200823	Anesthesia care	Team members	D	Transactive memory, perceived team effectiveness, job satisfaction	x	x
Simon and Stewart, 200739	Operating room	Team members	DV	Stress, deference, confidence, leadership, communication, teamworking, preferred leadership style and subjective experience of teamworking	x	x	Consultant, sister, health care assistant, midwife, physiotherapists, matron/ward manager, operating dept. practitioner, and administrator
Davenport et al, 20073	General/vascular surgery	Team members	IV	Emotional exhaustion; safety, teamwork, working conditions, recognition of stress effects, perception of management, job satisfaction	x	x	Physician assistants, nurse practitioners, surgical residents or fellows, anesthesia residents or fellows, certified registered nurse anesthetists, staff nurses
Primary care setting
Landry and Erwin, 201540	Primary care	Team members	D	Team participation, team processes, team processes			Health care executives
Song et al, 201541	Primary care	Team members	D	Team effectiveness, shared understanding, perceived collective identity, perceived team effectiveness	x	x
Beaulieu et al, 201442	Primary care	Team members	DV	Team functioning	x	x	Social workers
Helfrich et al, 201419	Primary care	Team members	IV	Team structure, team process, team effectiveness	x	x	Teamlets; physician assistant, nurse care managers, administrative clerks
Becker and Roblin, 200843	Primary care	Team members	IV	Practice climate	x	x	Support staff
Other setting
Keebler et al, 201444	US Army Medical Center	Team members	D	TeamSTEPPS (leadership, communication, situation monitoring, mutual support)	x	x	1700 multidisciplinary health care professions and support staff from the US Army medical facilities
El Ansari et al, 201645	Mental Health	Team members	D	Community mental health teams (CMHTs) effectiveness	x	x	Administrative and clerical staff, social workers/mental health setting
Tremblay et al, 201546	Ambulatory Cancer Clinic	Patients	DV	Patient Perceptions of the prompt access to care, person-centered response, quality of patient-provider communication, and quality of care environment	x	x	Navigators in oncology/ambulatory cancer clinic
Strasser et al, 201447	VA Medical Services	Team members	IV	Team functioning	x	x	Occupational therapy, physical therapy, social workers/case management, speech-language pathologists/medical services at VA hospitals
Dounis et al, 201348	Diabetes training program	Team members	DV	Perceived interprofessional team effectiveness	x	x	Health care faculties from 6 different disciplines; medicine (MD), nursing (NP, RN), dentistry, therapy, pharmacy/type 2 diabetes training program
Baker et al, 201149	4 general hospitals	Team members	D	Challenging the process, enabling others to act, embracing change, doing the job, working with other			Health care workers (no specific description)/general hospital
Strasser et al, 201047	Rehabilitation services at VA hospitals	Team members	D	Physician support, shared leadership, supervisor team support, teamness, team effectiveness	x	x	Occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and social work or case management/rehabilitation services at VA hospitals
Strating and Nieboer, 200950	Home care	Team members	D	Team climate		x	Management staff/home care
Shortell et al, 20044	Long-term care	Team members	DV	Perceived team effectiveness	x	x	Individuals on the breakthrough series (BTS) intervention teams/chronic illness program
Temkin-Greener et al, 200451	Chronic Illness Program	Team members	DV	Interdisciplinary team process, team effectiveness	x	x	Social workers, therapists, dietitians, aides, drivers, coordinators/long-term care
Hyer et al, 200352	Geriatric health care teams	Third-party experts	D	Team dynamics (team process and skills in addressing conflict)	x	x	Social workers, pharmacists/geriatric health care

Abbreviations: D, development of a survey; DV, dependent variable; IV, independent variable; MD, medical doctor or physician.