A theory-based instrument to evaluate team communication in the operating room: Balancing measurement authenticity and reliability

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 422-426

  Lingard, Lorelei ^a,b   Regehr, Glenn ^b   Espin, Sherry ^c   Whyte, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TEAMWORK;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME MANAGEMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33845864149     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.015388     Document Type: Article

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