Background A high variety of team interventions aims to improve team performance
outcomes. In 2008, we conducted a systematic review to provide an overview of the scientific …

Traditional surgical training has focused on the acquisition of technical skills and knowledge
with minimal focus on teaching nontechnical skills. Patient safety depends on both technical …

In the complex OR environment, perioperative team members need to practice
communication and teamwork to ensure safe, high‐quality care. A lack of collaboration …

Background Numerous medical errors in health care stem from poor communication and
lack of teamwork. Interprofessional collaboration has been utilized to address inadequacies …

Background: The perioperative environment is a high-risk and complex area and the
provision of safe, high-quality surgical care requires a multifaceted approach provided by …

Objectives Teamwork and interprofessional team training are fundamental to ensuring the
continuity of care and high-quality outcomes for patients in a complex clinical environment …

Multidisciplinary simulation has been used to successfully teach crisis resource
management in operating room and emergency department settings. This article describes a …

Introduction NetworkZ is a national, insurer-funded multidisciplinary simulation-based team-
training programme for all New Zealand surgical teams. NetworkZ is delivered in situ, using …

Perioperative units are complex and high-risk environments in which teams of
multidisciplinary health care professionals work collaboratively. Multidisciplinary simulation …

We examined the structure of intra-and postoperative case-collaboration networks among
the surgical service providers in a quaternary-care academic medical center, using …