Customization of a tool to assess Danish surgeons' non-technical skills in the operating room

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Spanager, Lene ^a   Lyk Jensen, Helle Teglgaard ^a   Dieckmann, Peter ^a   Wettergren, André ^b   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a   Østergaard, Doris ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE; PERFORMANCE; SELF MONITORING; SKILL; SURGEON; TEAMWORK; ADULT; DENMARK; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EVALUATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873195288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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