Shared mental models (SMM) and Transactive memory systems (TMS) have been advocated as the main team learning mechanisms. Despite multiple appeals for collaboration, research in both these fields has progressed in parallel and little effort has been made to integrate these theories. The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between SMM and TMS in a field setting and examine their i...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study aims to develop an intervention and related conceptual framework for developing shared care for patients with long-term mental illness, and to provide a case study of the development of a complex intervention in primary care. METHODS A pragmatic iterative design involved a literature review and focus groups followed by a formative evaluation including reflection...

This paper describes a network model for mental processes making use of shared models (SMM) team performance. The illustrates the value adequate SMM’s safe and efficient addressed application context is that medical performing tracheal intubation executed by nurse specialist. Simulations successful unsuccessful performance have been performed, some which are presented. discusses potential furth...

background and aims: the aim of this study was the modeling of the incidence rates of colorectal, breast and prostate cancers using a shared component model in order to explore the spatial pattern of their shared risk factors (i.e., obesity and low physical activity) affecting on cancer incidence, and also to estimate the relative weight of these shared components. methods: in this study, the ...

BACKGROUND The importance of sharing a common mental model in communication prompted efforts to spread the use of the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) tool at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, Illinois. CASE STUDY An elderly patient was on warfarin sodium (Coumadin) 2.5 mg daily. The nurse received a call from the lab regarding an elevated international n...

Helping behavior in effective teams is enabled by some overlapping “shared mental models” that are developed and maintained by members of the team. In this paper, we take the perspective that multiparty “proactive” communication is critical for establishing and maintaining such a shared mental model among teammates, which is the basis for agents to offer proactive help and to achieve coherent t...