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Interventions to improve teamwork and communications among healthcare staff.
McCulloch P, Rathbone J, Catchpole K. Br J Surg. 2011;98:469-479.

This systematic review of teamwork training interventions in health care found only weak evidence that such programs improve clinical outcomes or clinicians' technical skills.
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