Human factors play an important role in contributing to and preventing adverse events. This study found that integrating human factors into a new root cause analysis process led to an increase in the number of strong interventions implemented after adverse events.

Unprofessional behavior can hinder patient safety and create a disruptive work environment. Encompassing both qualitative and quantitative literature, this systematic review explored predictors and triggers of incivility in medical teams (defined as disrespectful behaviors but whose intent to harm is ambiguous). The review identified a wide range of triggers of incivility. Studies generally found that incivility occurs mainly within professional disciplines rather than across disciplines (e.g., physician to nurse) and surgery was the most commonly cited uncivil specialty. Situational and cultural triggers for incivility included excessive workload, communication issues, patient safety concerns, lack or support, and poor leadership.

… settings such as critical care. This paper describes a “hackathon” – an intensive problem-solving event commonly …

… … This randomized study compared simulated performance of a rare, high-risk emergent procedure, transvenous pacemaker placement, with and without a computer-based procedural support tool. The tool included a brief instructional video and a checklist . Trained raters …

… Simul Healthc … Simulation training has been advocated as a way to improve individuals' technical and nontechnical …

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

… Medicine … Acad Emerg Med … Building on the results of a workshop, this article describes a taxonomy of teamwork processes to standardize training in …

… Medicine … Acad Emerg Med … Building on work conducted at a consensus conference, this review analyzes teamwork …

The authors share the recommendations of an expert task force on areas of research needed to advance simulation use in medical education.