Observational teamwork assessment for surgery: Feasibility of clinical and nonclinical assessor calibration with short-term training

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 804-809

  Russ, Stephanie ^a   Hull, Louise ^a   Rout, Shantanu ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COOPERATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; OBSERVATIONAL TEAMWORK ASSESSMENT FOR SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING CURVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEACHING;

EID: 84858706527     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31824a9a02     Document Type: Article

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