… behavior   can hinder patient safety and create a disruptive work environment . Encompassing both qualitative … whose intent to harm is ambiguous). The review identified a wide range of triggers of incivility. Studies generally …

… platform could support nontechnical skills learning for a global audience. Next steps for platform development and …

Communication failures in the operating room are a well-recognized threat to patient safety. Researchers observed and analyzed communication across seven operating room teams during a simulated emergency using a closed-loop communication framework. They found that communication patterns varied by specialty and that the patient's clinical status influenced whether directed communication resulted in a response.

This study conducted in the United Kingdom indicates that supportive, safety-oriented behaviors by senior nurses are associated with improved performance on safety indicators.

… that clinicians' subjective impressions and concerns were a critical component of a high-quality transfer of care and were considered more …

This study highlights the importance of dedicated pre-handover time to foster effective patient handoffs.

Situational awareness refers to the degree to which perception matches reality. This study assessed situational awareness of intensive care unit teams through direct observation of team rounds and assessment of the degree to which team members were able to anticipate clinical deterioration.

This review explores surgeon intraoperative leadership behaviors and how they affect team performance and safety.

This review explored patient transfer in hospitals to identify common areas for communication failures during handoffs.

This review discusses the role of safety culture surveys in assessing safety climate at the unit and hospital level, and explores the relationship between survey results and safety behaviors and outcomes.

This editorial discusses how disruptive behaviors can impair performance and may be particularly hazardous in the health care setting.

This narrative review highlights cognitive and social skills that contribute to safe and effective teamwork in the operating room.

… little knowledge of how to report or respond to errors. A case in which a medical student failed to report an error is discussed in …

… care unit (ICU) influences outcomes. The authors formulate a framework for team performance including communication, …

This study describes the use of a tool used by surgeons to measure non-technical and behavioral skills of their fellow surgeons in the operating room.

… through assessment tools and team training, has led to a reduction in adverse events in acute care environments. …

… This study describes the development and implementation of a medical student curriculum that focuses on patient safety …

The author discusses current trends in using safety climate questionnaires to measure safety culture in health care organizations. This article is part of a special issue that includes several papers on improving safety culture.

This review discusses how human factors can improve safety in anesthesia and suggests tactics to formally incorporate it into anesthesiology curriculum.