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The efficacy of medical team training: improved team performance and decreased operating room delays: a detailed analysis of 4863 cases.

Wolf FA, Way LW, Stewart L. Ann Surg. 2010;252:477-485.

STUDY

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Operating room teamwork among physicians and nurses: teamwork in the eye of the beholder.

Makary MA, Sexton JB, Freischlag JA, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;202:746-752.

STUDY

Can aviation-based team training elicit sustainable behavioral change?

Sax HC, Browne P, Mayewski RJ, et al. Arch Surg. 2009;144:1133-1137.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

Bernhard B. The Orange County Register. April 19, 2006.

STUDY

Action research, simulation, team communication, and bringing the tacit into voice. Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

Forsythe L. Simul Healthc. 2009;4:143-148.

STUDY

Improving operating room safety.

Hurlbert SN, Garrett J. Patient Saf Surg. 2009;3:25.

COMMENTARY

Surgical team training: promoting high reliability with nontechnical skills.

Paige JT. Surg Clin North Am. 2010;90:569-581.

COMMENTARY

The normalization of deviance: what are the perioperative risks?

McNamara SA. AORN J. 2011;93:796-801.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

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

STUDY

The relationship of the emotional climate of work and threat to patient outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery operating room team.

Nurok M, Evans LA, Lipsitz S, Satwicz P, Kelly A, Frankel A. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:237-242.

STUDY

Teamwork in the operating room: frontline perspectives among hospitals and operating room personnel.

Sexton JB, Makary MA, Tersigni AR, et al. Anesthesiology. 2006;105:877-884.

STUDY

Crew resource management improved perception of patient safety in the operating room.

Gore DC, Powell JM, Baer JG, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:60-63.

COMMENTARY

Retained surgical items and minimally invasive surgery.

Gibbs VC. World J Surg. 2011;35:1532-1539.

STUDY

Does teamwork improve performance in the operating room? A multilevel evaluation.

Weaver SJ, Rosen MA, DiazGranados D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:133-142.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A hospital races to learn lessons of Ferrari pit stop.

Naik G. Wall Street Journal. November 14, 2006:A1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

STUDY

Patient safety in surgery.

Makary MA, Sexton JB, Freischlag JA, et al. Ann Surg. 2006;243:628-635.

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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Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on patient outcomes.

de Vries EN, Prins HA, Crolla RM, et al; SURPASS Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1928-1937.

STUDY

Use of briefings and debriefings as a tool in improving team work, efficiency, and communication in the operating theatre.

Bethune R, Sasirekha G, Sahu A, Cawthorn S, Pullyblank A. Postgrad Med J. 2011;87:331-334.

STUDY

The effect of facility complexity on perceptions of safety climate in the operating room: size matters.

Carney BT, West P, Neily J, Mills PD, Bagian JP. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:457-461.

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