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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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Surgeon's vigilance in the operating room.

Zheng B, Tien G, Atkins SM, et al. Am J Surg. 2011;201:667-671.

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Proficiency-based virtual reality training significantly reduces the error rate for residents during their first 10 laparoscopic cholecystectomies.

Ahlberg G, Enochsson L, Gallagher AG, et al. Am J Surg. 2007;193:797-804.

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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.

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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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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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The "July phenomenon": is trauma the exception?

Schroeppel TJ, Fischer PE, Magnotti LJ, Croce MA, Fabian TC. J Am Coll Surg. 2009;209:378-384.

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The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes.

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

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Seasoned surgeons assessed in a laparoscopic surgical crisis.

Powers K, Rehrig ST, Schwaitzberg SD, Callery MP, Jones DB. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009;13:994-1003.

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The Oxford NOTECHS System: reliability and validity of a tool for measuring teamwork behaviour in the operating theatre.

Mishra A, Catchpole K, McCulloch P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:104-108.

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What ring tone should be used for patient safety? Early results with a Blackberry-based telementoring safety solution.

Parker A, Rubinfeld I, Azuh O, et al. Am J Surg. 2010;199:336-341.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Human costs of training doctors.

Dunklin R, Goetinck Ambrose S, Egerton B. Dallas Morning News. August 1, 2010:A01.

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Bariatric surgery with operating room teams that stayed fixed during the day: a multicenter study analyzing the effects on patient outcomes, teamwork and safety climate, and procedure duration.

Stepaniak PS, Heij C, Buise MP, Mannaerts GHH, Smulders JF, Nienhuijs SW. Anesth Analg. 2012;115:1384-1392.

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Working with a fixed operating room team on consecutive similar cases and the effect on case duration and turnover time.

Stepaniak PS, Vrijland WW, de Quelerij M, de Vries G, Heij C. Arch Surg. 2010;145:1165-1170.

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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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Risk-sensitive events during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the influence of the integrated operating room and a preoperative checklist tool.

Buzink SN, van Lier L, de Hingh IHJT, Jakimowicz JJ. Surg Endosc. 2010;24:1990-1995.

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Evaluation of critical incidents in general surgery.

Zingg U, Zala-Mezoe E, Kuenzle B, et al. Br J Surg. 2008;95:1420-1425.

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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.

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The effects of aviation-style non-technical skills training on technical performance and outcome in the operating theatre.

McCulloch P, Mishra A, Handa A, Dale T, Hirst G, Catchpole K. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:109-115.

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