“Everyone happy with what their role is?”: A pragmalinguistic evaluation of leadership practices in emergency medicine training

• DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2020.02.014
• Publication Date: 2020-03-13T01:18:38Z
• Authors: Małgorzata Chałupnik; Sarah Atkins
• Keywords: 05 social sciences; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; 3. Good health

This article reports a study of simulated interactions between emergency medical teams, as they are used in education for specialist trainee doctors. We focus on key area communicative competence that trainees assessed on: the performance leadership skills. Using videos trauma cases recorded within training department large teaching hospital UK, we analyse how doctors delegate tasks to their matching up linguistic performance, particular use requests, simulation overall. allows us establish types evaluated positively this setting and therefore attributed success. Through fine-grained, qualitative analysis, examine interrelationship 'efficiency', evidenced by subsequent successful completion an action team, indirect mitigated finding high number forms successfully make requests others time-pressured setting. discuss theoretical implications our observations, revisiting claims about behaviour urgent contexts, also consider practical study, including professional practice training.