Improving the relational aspects of trauma care through translational simulation.

Our findings suggest that an established trauma simulation programme can have a profound impact on the relational aspects of care and the development of a collaborative culture, with perceived tangible impacts on teamwork behaviours and institutional systems and processes. The RC framework-shared knowledge, shared goals and mutual respect in the context of communication that is timely, accurate, frequent and problem-solving based-can provide a common language for simulation educators to design and debrief simulation exercises that aim to have a translational impact.