Use of briefings and debriefings as a tool in improving team work, efficiency, and communication in the operating theatre

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1027, 2011, Pages 331-334

  Bethune, Robert ^a   Sasirekha, Govindarajulu ^a   Sahu, Ajay ^a   Cawthorn, Simon ^a   Pullyblank, Anne ^a  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIEFING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; DEBRIEFING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 79955610761     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.095802     Document Type: Article

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