Learning organisation survey - an assessment of perceptions towards organisational learning.

Introduction Intensive care units are complex working environments, which are constantly assessed and reviewed against national standards. Hence it is more important to constantly self-evaluate and improve quality of care and clinical outcomes. The concept of organisational learning is adopted by the health care industry [1] from the commercial industry, which has benefitted from increased productivity and performance. It is hypothesized that by creating a culture of organisational learning, quality of care and outcomes could be bettered. As a strategy to develop the organisational learning, we are introducing in-situ simulation in our intensive care unit. Creating a supportive learning environment, incorporating concrete learning processes and practices, and a leadership reinforcing the learning, form the foundation blocks of the organisational learning [2].