Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS): Refinement and application in urological surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1373-1381

  Undre, Shabnam ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a,b   Healey, Andrew N ^a   Darzi, Ara ^c   Vincent, Charles A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34250620118     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9053-z     Document Type: Article

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