Team member familiarity has a positive impact on teamwork and interprofessional communication. Organisational design should consider team member familiarity.

Interprofessional teamwork matters for patient and workforce outcomes. Familiarity of team members is associated with improved teamwork and communication, safety and quality of care, utilisation and patient outcomes. However, much of the existing research is observational in nature. This study evaluated the impact of a team member familiarity intervention on the quality of nurse and resident interactions, perceptions of organisational climate and care outcomes.

This single site randomised clinical trial evaluated the effect of a resident scheduling intervention designed to...