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STUDY

The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes.

Raval MV, Wang X, Cohen ME, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;212:889-898.

STUDY

Implementation of resident work hour restrictions is associated with a reduction in mortality and provider-related complications on the surgical service: a concurrent analysis of 14,610 patients.

Privette AR, Shackford SR, Osler T, Ratliff J, Sartorelli K, Hebert JC. Ann Surg. 2009;250:316-321.

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.

STUDY

Resident participation does not affect surgical outcomes, despite introduction of new techniques.

Patel SP, Gauger PG, Brown DL, Englesbe MJ, Cederna PS. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;211:540-545.

STUDY

A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in inpatient surgical care: results from a Harvard surgical safety collaborative.

Arriaga AF, Elbardissi AW, Regenbogen SE, et al. Ann Surg. 2011;253:849-854.

STUDY

Persistent noncompliance with the work-hour regulation.

Tabrizian P, Rajhbeharrysingh U, Khaitov S, Divino CM. Arch Surg. 2011;146:175-178.

STUDY

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.

STUDY

Poor resident–attending intraoperative communication may compromise patient safety.

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

STUDY

Patient safety climate among orthopaedic surgery residents.

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

STUDY

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.

REVIEW

Enhancing communication in surgery through team training interventions: a systematic literature review.

Gillespie BM, Chaboyer W, Murray P. AORN J. 2010;92:642-657.

STUDY

Acquisition of critical intraoperative event management skills in novice anesthesiology residents by using high-fidelity simulation-based training.

Park CS, Rochlen LR, Yaghmour E, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;112:202-211.

STUDY

Management of anesthesia equipment failure: a simulation-based resident skill assessment.

Waldrop WB, Murray DJ, Boulet JR, Kras JF. Anesth Analg. 2009;109:426-433.

REVIEW

Simulation in obstetric anesthesia.

Pratt SD. Anesth Analg. 2012;114:186-190.

STUDY

Internal medicine trainees' views of training adequacy and duty hours restrictions in 2009.

Shea JA, Weissman A, McKinney S, Silber JH, Volpp KG. Acad Med. 2012;87:889-894.

STUDY

Using simulation training to improve perioperative patient safety.

Mullen L, Byrd D. AORN J. 2013;97:419-427.

COMMENTARY

The top 10 list for a safe and effective sign-out.

Kemp CD, Bath JM, Berger J, et al. Arch Surg. 2008;143:1008-1010.

STUDY

What is the safety of nonemergent operative procedures performed at night?

Turrentine FE, Wang H, Young JS, Calland JF. J Trauma. 2010;69:313-319.

STUDY

Rethinking resident supervision to improve safety: from hierarchical to interprofessional models.

Tamuz M, Giardina TD, Thomas EJ, Menon S, Singh H. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:448-456.

STUDY

A novel method for reproducibly measuring the effects of interventions to improve emotional climate, indices of team skills and communication, and threat to patient outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery center.

Nurok M, Lipsitz S, Satwicz P, Kelly A, Frankel A. Arch Surg. 2010;145:489-495.

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