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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Practicing on patients, real and otherwise.

Chen PW. New York Times. January 28, 2010.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

New Vistas in Patient Safety and Simulation.

Kofke WA, Nadkarni VM, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2007;25:209-383.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety in Anaesthesia.

Staender S, ed. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2011;25:109-304.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Innovation in Perioperative Patient Safety.

Miller DR, Merry AF, eds. Can J Anesth. 2013;60:7-220.

STUDY

Mihai R, Scott S, Cook TM. Anaesthesia. 2009;64:829-835.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.

STUDY

Information needs in operating room teams: what is right, what is wrong, and what is needed?

Wong HW, Forrest D, Healey A, et al. Surg Endosc. 2011;25:1913-1920.

STUDY

Crisis resource management: evaluating outcomes of a multidisciplinary team.

Jankouskas T, Bush MC, Murray B, et al. Simul Healthc. 2007;2:96-101.

STUDY

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.

COURSE MATERIAL/CURRICULUM

Center for Medical Simulation.

Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne St., Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: 617-768-8900.

STUDY

Differences in safety climate among hospital anesthesia departments and the effect of a realistic simulation-based training program.

Cooper JB, Blum RH, Carroll JS, et al. Anesth Analg. 2008;106:574-584.

COMMENTARY

Intubation Mishap.

Weinger MB, Blike GT. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2003.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Human Factors in Anaesthesia and Critical Care.

Hardman JG, Moppett IK, eds. Br J Anaesth. 2010;105:1-83.

STUDY

The impact of trained assistance on error rates in anaesthesia: a simulation-based randomised controlled trial.

Weller JM, Merry AF, Robinson BJ, Warman GR, Janssen A. Anaesthesia. 2009;64:126-130.

COMMENTARY

Production Pressures

Carayon P. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2007.

STUDY

Promoting patient safety through prospective risk identification: example from peri-operative care.

Smith A, Boult M, Woods I, Johnson S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:69-73.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survive your doctor.

Holt TE. Men's Health. November 3, 2006.

STUDY

Distractions and the anaesthetist: a qualitative study of context and direction of distraction.

Jothiraj H, Howland-Harris J, Evley R, Moppett IK. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Apr 16; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Rate of undesirable events at beginning of academic year: retrospective cohort study.

Haller G, Myles PS, Taffé P, Perneger TV, Wu CL. BMJ. 2009;339:b3974.

STUDY

No harm found when nurse anesthetists work without supervision by physicians.

Dulisse B, Cromwell J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:1469-1475.

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