Assessing a team's problem solving ability: evaluation of the Team Problem Solving Assessment Tool (TPSAT).

By employing group consensus development methods, this research identified the variables that experts in team problem solving believe are the most important to a team's problem solving ability. These variables were used to develop a quantitative decision aid to allow health care managers and practitioners to estimate how effective a given problem solving group or team will be at solving a problem. This decision aid can be used to assess a team's problem solving potential before the time and effort is expended to convene the team. This report presents the design and initial evaluations of this decision aid.