Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of aviation-style teamwork training in improving
operating theatre team performance and clinical outcomes. Setting 3 operating theatres in a …

Background The aviation industry pioneered formalised crew training in order to improve
safety and reduce consequences of non-technical error. This formalised training has been …

Background The application of safety principles from the aviation industry to the operating
room has offered hope in reducing surgical complications. This study aimed to assess the …

Background Teamwork training and system standardisation have both been proposed to
reduce error and harm in surgery. Since the approaches differ markedly, there is potential for …

Introduction. Deficiencies in teamwork skills have been shown to contribute to the
occurrence of adverse events during surgery. Consequently, several teamwork assessment …

Background Teamwork is fundamental to effective surgery, yet there are currently no
measures of teamwork to guide training, evaluate team interventions or assess the impact of …

In surgery, up to 70% of adverse events are attributable to failures in communication. The
purpose of this systematic literature review was to critically assess the results of team …

Introduction: The frequency of adverse events in the operating theatre has been linked to the
quality of teamwork and communication. Developing suitable measures of teamwork may …

Team performance is increasingly recognised as an essential foundation of good surgical
care and a determinant of good surgical outcome. To understand team performance and to …

Objective: To compare improvement in surgical team performance after interventions
addressing teamwork culture, work systems, or both. Design: Suite of 5 identical controlled …