Representing complexity well: A story about teamwork, with implications for how we teach collaboration

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 869-877

  Lingard, Lorelei ^a   Mcdougall, Allan ^a,b   Levstik, Mark ^a   Chandok, Natasha ^a   Spafford, Marlee M ^c   Schryer, Catherine ^d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COOPERATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84865290492     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04339.x     Document Type: Article

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