An observational study of teamwork skills in shift handover

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 355-359

  Symons, Nicholas R A ^a   Wong, Helen W L ^a   Manser, Tanja ^b   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Vincent, Charles A ^a   Moorthy, Krishna ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Handover; Non technical skills; Observation; Surgery; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHIFT WORKER; SKILL; TEAMWORK;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT HANDOFF; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84864325463     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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