In-hospital resuscitation under the microscope: Analyzing inter-professional communication using video (360G-Wellcome-201604_Z_16_Z)

The aim of this proposal is to explore the possibilities and challenges of video-recording inter-professional teams working to resuscitate patients on hospital wards following a cardiac arrest. Video recordings provide an essential data source for an approach to communication research which is now commonly used in the social sciences yet currently not widely applied in health research. This approach draws on recent theoretical and methodological advances in discourse analysis, which allow for the development of a much more fine grained and inclusive set of categories for describing communication. With this approach, currently largely tacit, unverified understandings of what counts as ‘good’ communication, teamwork and leadership can be made explicit, tested empirically, and refined accordingly. The Seed Award will bring together a strong, multi-disciplinary research team to jointly develop a methodological, ethical and legal framework for the envisioned research. This will be achieved through a simulation-based pilot study and engagement with stakeholders. The main outcomes of the Award will be an application for a large research grant, an ethics application and a methodological paper.