SBAR M&M: a feasible, reliable, and valid tool to assess the quality of, surgical morbidity and mortality conference presentations.

Erica L. Mitchell; Dae Y. Lee; Sonal Arora; Karen L. Kwong; Timothy K. Liem; Gregory L. Landry; Gregory L. Moneta; Nick Sevdalis

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SBAR M&M: a feasible, reliable, and valid tool to assess the quality of, surgical morbidity and mortality conference presentations.

March 14, 2012

Mitchell EL, Lee DY, Arora S, et al. Am J Surg. 2012;203(1):26-31.

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This study reports on the development of an assessment tool for surgical morbidity and mortality conferences based on the SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) communication protocol.

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