Bridging the communication gap in the operating room with medical team training

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 770-774

  Awad, Samir S ^a   Fagan, Shawn P ^a   Bellows, Charles ^a   Albo, Daniel ^a   Green Rashad, Beverly ^a   De La Garza, Marlen ^a   Berger, David H ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Change team; Communication; Crew resource management; Prophylactic antibiotics; Team training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ROLE PLAYING; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; EDUCATION, NURSING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY;

EID: 26844535039     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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