Medical team training: Applying crew resource management in the veterans health administration

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Dunn, Edward J ^a   Mills, Peter D ^b,c   Neily, Julia ^b   Crittenden, Michael D ^a   Carmack, Amy L ^b   Bagian, James P ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NCPS   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NCPS

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

AVIATION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 34249802888     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33036-5     Document Type: Article

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