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STUDY

Optimising surgical training: use of feedback to reduce errors during a simulated surgical procedure.

Boyle E, Al-Akash M, Gallagher AG, Traynor O, Hill AD, Neary PC. Postgrad Med J. 2011;87:524-528.

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Systematic video game training in surgical novices improves performance in virtual reality endoscopic surgical simulators: a prospective randomized study.

Schlickum MK, Hedman L, Enochsson L, Kjellin A, Felländer-Tsai L. World J Surg. 2009;33:2360-2367.

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Framing family conversation after early diagnosis of iatrogenic injury and incidental findings.

Barrios L, Tsuda S, Derevianko A, et al. Surg Endosc. 2009;23:2535-2542.

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Persistent next-day effects of excessive alcohol consumption on laparoscopic surgical performance.

Gallagher AG, Boyle E, Toner P, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146:419-426.

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A surgical simulation curriculum for senior medical students based on TeamSTEPPS.

Meier AH, Boehler ML, McDowell CM, et al. Arch Surg. 2012;147:761-766.

REVIEW

Minimizing surgical error by incorporating objective assessment into surgical education.

Champion HR, Meglan DA, Shair EK. J Am Coll Surg. 2008;207:284-291.

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Simulation-based training improves physicians' performance in patient care in high-stakes clinical setting of cardiac surgery.

Bruppacher HR, Alam SK, LeBlanc VR, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;112:985-992.

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The impact of the 80-hour work week on appropriate resident case coverage.

Shin S, Britt R, Doviak M, Britt LD. J Surg Res. 2010;162:33-36.

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A new professionalism? Surgical residents, duty hours restrictions, and shift transitions.

Coverdill JE, Carbonell AM, Fryer J, et al. Acad Med. 2010;85:S72-S75.

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A human factors analysis of technical and team skills among surgical trainees during procedural simulations in a simulated operating theatre.

Moorthy K, Munz Y, Adams S, Pandey V, Darzi A. Ann Surg. 2005;242:631-639.

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Canadian Association of University Surgeons' Annual Symposium. Surgical simulation: the solution to safe training or a promise unfulfilled?

Brindley PG, Jones DB, Grantcharov T, de Gara C. Can J Surg. 2012;55:S200-S206.

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Safety skills training for surgeons: a half-day intervention improves knowledge, attitudes and awareness of patient safety.

Arora S, Sevdalis N, Ahmed M, Wong H, Moorthy K, Vincent C. Surgery. 2012;152:26-31.

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Analysis of errors enacted by surgical trainees during skills training courses.

Tang B, Hanna GB, Cuschieri A. Surgery. 2005;138:14-20.

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Error training: missing link in surgical education.

DaRosa DA, Pugh CM. Surgery. 2012;151:139-145.

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Patient safety climate among orthopaedic surgery residents.

Kadzielski J, McCormick F, Zurakowski D, Herndon JH. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011;93:e621-e626.

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Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative.

ElBardissi AW, Regenbogen SE, Greenberg CC, et al. Ann Surg. 2009;250:861-865.

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Poor resident–attending intraoperative communication may compromise patient safety.

Belyansky I, Martin TR, Prabhu AS, et al. J Surg Res. 2011;171:386-394.

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High-fidelity, simulation-based, interdisciplinary operating room team training at the point of care.

Paige JT, Kozmenko V, Yang T, et al. Surgery. 2009;145:138-146.

REVIEW

Surgical simulation: a systematic review.

Sutherland LM, Middleton PF, Anthony A, et al. Ann Surg. 2006;243:291-300.

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Integration of a formalized handoff system into the surgical curriculum: resident perspectives and early results.

Telem DA, Buch KE, Ellis S, Coakley B, Divino CM. Arch Surg. 2011;146:89-93.

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