Multidisciplinary crisis simulations: the way forward for training surgical teams.

Shabnam Undre; Maria Koutantji; Nick Sevdalis; Sanjay Gautama; Nowlan Selvapatt; Samantha Williams; Parvinderpal Sains; Peter McCulloch; Ara Darzi; Charles A. Vincent

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Multidisciplinary crisis simulations: the way forward for training surgical teams.

July 18, 2007

Undre S, Koutantji M, Sevdalis N, et al. World J Surg. 2007;31(9):1843-53.

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The authors describe a training module that uses observation of simulated crisis scenarios to assess teamwork and communication competencies of multidisciplinary surgical teams.

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