Defining the technical skills of teamwork in surgery

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-234

  Healey, A N ^a,b   Undre, S ^b   Vincent, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATING ROOM; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747320600     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.017517     Document Type: Review

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