A human factors curriculum for surgical clerkship students.

Mitchell A Cahan; Anne C Larkin; Susan Starr; Scott Wellman; Heather-Lyn Haley; Kate Sullivan; Shimul Shah; Michael Hirsh; Demetrius Litwin; Mark Quirk

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A human factors curriculum for surgical clerkship students.

January 5, 2011

Cahan MA, Larkin AC, Starr S, et al. Arch Surg. 2010;145(12):1151-7.

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A one-day course on human factors for medical students resulted in improved communication between the students and both patients and nurses.

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