Team FIRST: an innovative educational strategy for teaching teamwork competencies to medical students

Philip E. Greilich; Mozhdeh Sadighi; Shannon L. Paquette; Neethu Chandran; Kimberly N. Williams; Jessica Hernandez; Meghan M. Michael; David Klocko; Olivia L. Hoffman; Richard Preble; Mary McHugh; Chrissy Chan; Andrea Johnson; Bau Tran; Hina N. Mehta; Kavita Joshi; Anna P. Silberman; Blake Nichols; Ankeeta Mehta; Ranier Reyes; Logan Gisick; Samia Farooqi; Thomas Dalton; M. Brett Cooper; Jaini M. Sutaria; Subhasri Kannan; Thomas Shoultz; Avi Ruderman; Yijun Yang; Anthony Tannous; Ava Pierce; Robert V. Rege; Eleanor Phelps; Gary Reed; Elizabeth H. Lazzara; Scott I. Tannenbaum; Eduardo Salas

doi:10.1186/s12909-026-08658-1

Team FIRST: an innovative educational strategy for teaching teamwork competencies to medical students

Philip E. Greilich
, Mozhdeh Sadighi
, Shannon L. Paquette
, Neethu Chandran
, Kimberly N. Williams
, Jessica Hernandez
, Meghan M. Michael
, David Klocko
, Olivia L. Hoffman
, Richard Preble
, Mary McHugh
, Chrissy Chan
, Andrea Johnson
, Bau Tran
, Hina N. Mehta
, Kavita Joshi
, Anna P. Silberman
, Blake Nichols
, Ankeeta Mehta
, Ranier Reyes

Logan Gisick, Samia Farooqi, Thomas Dalton, M. Brett Cooper, Jaini M. Sutaria, Subhasri Kannan, Thomas Shoultz, Avi Ruderman, Yijun Yang, Anthony Tannous, Ava Pierce, Robert V. Rege, Eleanor Phelps, Gary Reed, Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Scott I. Tannenbaum, Eduardo Salas

Office of Undergraduate Medical Education
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
University of Texas Medical Branch
Burnett School of Medicine
Inc.
Rice University

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Original language	English
Article number	501
Journal	BMC Medical Education
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08658-1
State	Published - Dec 2026
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Medicine
Education

Keywords

Competency-based medical education
Entrustable professional activities
Handovers
Implementation
Interprofessional
Team training
Teamwork competencies
Teamwork education
Teamwork-learning outcomes

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Greilich, P. E., Sadighi, M., Paquette, S. L., Chandran, N., Williams, K. N., Hernandez, J., Michael, M. M., Klocko, D., Hoffman, O. L., Preble, R., McHugh, M., Chan, C., Johnson, A., Tran, B., Mehta, H. N., Joshi, K., Silberman, A. P., Nichols, B., Mehta, A., ... Salas, E. (2026). Team FIRST: an innovative educational strategy for teaching teamwork competencies to medical students. BMC Medical Education, 26(1), Article 501. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08658-1

Greilich, PE, Sadighi, M, Paquette, SL, Chandran, N, Williams, KN, Hernandez, J, Michael, MM, Klocko, D, Hoffman, OL, Preble, R, McHugh, M, Chan, C, Johnson, A, Tran, B, Mehta, HN, Joshi, K, Silberman, AP, Nichols, B, Mehta, A, Reyes, R, Gisick, L, Farooqi, S, Dalton, T, Cooper, MB, Sutaria, JM, Kannan, S, Shoultz, T, Ruderman, A, Yang, Y, Tannous, A, Pierce, A, Rege, RV, Phelps, E, Reed, G, Lazzara, EH, Tannenbaum, SI & Salas, E 2026, 'Team FIRST: an innovative educational strategy for teaching teamwork competencies to medical students', BMC Medical Education, vol. 26, no. 1, 501. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08658-1

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