On a wing and a prayer: Surgeons learning from the aviation industry

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 360-364

  Singh, Neil ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; CHECKLIST; CRISIS INTERVENTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK;

AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; SAFETY;

EID: 70049084349     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090139     Document Type: Review

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