Introduction
Debrief is a group reflective activity to discuss shared experiences, key in the Surgical Safety Checklist designed to reduce morbidity and mortality(1). Debrief promotes communication and teamwork, both leading factors in theatre incidents (2,3), and it can decompress and improve emotional reactions(4). Supportive and developmental workplace culture enhances staff engagement and wellbeing, reduces burnout(5), and fosters safe and compassionate patient care(6).
Debrief improves teamwork and safety, but there is less evidence of its impact on work culture. Using a questionnaire-based survey, we aimed to determine the impact of debrief on culture of care and on the likelihood that staff would recommend their team / hospital as a place to work; we hypothesised that debrief, especially high-quality debrief, will have a positive effect.