Coaching to improve the quality of communication during briefings and debriefings.

Catherine Kleiner; Terri Link; Travis Maynard; Katherine Halverson Carpenter

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Coaching to improve the quality of communication during briefings and debriefings.

October 15, 2014

Kleiner C, Link T, Maynard T, et al. AORN J. 2014;100(4):358-68.

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Communication failures have been identified as major contributors to errors. A formal coaching program, conducted by a retired surgeon, significantly improved the quality of preoperative and postoperative communication between members of the operating room team.

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