Nontechnical skills training for the operating room: A prospective study using simulation and didactic workshop

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 300-309

  Pena, Guilherme ^a,b   Altree, Meryl ^b   Field, John ^c   Sainsbury, David ^d   Babidge, Wendy ^a,b   Hewett, Peter ^a   Maddern, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Royal Australasian College   (Australia)

^c John Field Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK; EDUCATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84938682668     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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