Managing intraoperative stress: what do surgeons want from a crisis training program?

Sonal Arora; Nick Sevdalis; Debra Nestel; Tanya Tierney; Maria Woloshynowych; Roger Kneebone

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Managing intraoperative stress: what do surgeons want from a crisis training program?

April 8, 2009

Arora S, Sevdalis N, Nestel D, et al. Am J Surg. 2009;197(4):537-43.

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This qualitative study found that many surgeons feel ill-prepared to deal with acute stressors during procedures and would welcome formal training in managing such situations.

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