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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.

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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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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

Surgical team training: promoting high reliability with nontechnical skills.

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

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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.

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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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Can aviation-based team training elicit sustainable behavioral change?

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

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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.

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

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

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Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study.

Paine LA, Rosenstein BJ, Sexton JB, Kent P, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:547-554.

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Improving perceptions of teamwork climate with the Veterans Health Administration medical team training program.

Carney BT, West P, Neily JB, Mills PD, Bagian JP. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:480-484.

COMMENTARY

The normalization of deviance: what are the perioperative risks?

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

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Changes in safety attitude and relationship to decreased postoperative morbidity and mortality following implementation of a checklist-based surgical safety intervention.

Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:102-107.

COMMENTARY

Video technology to advance safety in the operating room and perioperative environment.

Xiao Y, Schimpff S, Mackenzie C, et al. Surg Innov. 2007;14:52-61.

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Assessing the impact of teaching patient safety principles to medical students during surgical clerkships.

Stahl K, Augenstein J, Schulman CI, Wilson K, McKenney M, Livingstone A. J Surg Res. 2011;170:e29-e40.

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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.

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Association between implementation of a medical team training program and surgical mortality.

Neily J, Mills PD, Young-Xu Y, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1693-1700.

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Bridging the communication gap in the operating room with medical team training.

Awad SS, Fagan SP, Bellows C, et al. Am J Surg. 2005;190:770-774.

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Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project.

Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:346-350.

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