A multicentre observational study to evaluate a new tool to assess emergency physicians' non-technical skills

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 437-443

  Flowerdew, Lynsey ^a   Gaunt, Arran ^b   Spedding, Jessica ^c   Bhargava, Ajay ^b   Brown, Ruth ^d   Vincent, Charles ^a   Woloshynowych, Maria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TEAM BUILDING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; LEADERSHIP; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; SAFETY; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENGLAND; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878016604     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201237     Document Type: Article

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