Interventions to improve teamwork and communications among healthcare staff.

P. McCulloch; J. Rathbone; K. Catchpole

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Interventions to improve teamwork and communications among healthcare staff.

March 2, 2011

McCulloch P, Rathbone J, Catchpole K. Br J Surg. 2011;98(4):469-79.

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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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