Modern healthcare is delivered by interprofessional teams, and good leadership of these
teams is integral to safe patient care. Good leadership in the operating theatre has …

Gender equity in medicine and surgery has recently received widespread attention. Unlike
surgical specialties that remain predominantly male, the majority of obstetrician …

Context In the clinical environment, health care professionals self‐categorise into different
groups towards which they develop positive attitudes, whereas they view other groups less …

Background Despite substantial implications for healthcare provider practice and patient
outcomes, gender has yet to be systematically explored with regard to interprofessional …

Health care remains an exceedingly complex, high-risk industry with the potential for errors
resulting in patient injury or mortality. Many health care systems have progressed toward …

Background Gender disparities are prevalent in medicine, but their impact on surgical
training is not well studied. Objective To quantify gender disparities in trainee intraoperative …

Background Tense communication and disruptive behaviors during surgery have often been
attributed to surgeons' personality or hierarchies, while situational triggers for tense …

Longlisted for the PEN/EO Wilson Literary Science Writing Award “Every new book by Frans
de Waal is a cause for excitement, and this one is no different. A breath of fresh air in the …

This paper investigates how a teleoperated surgical robot reconfigures teamwork in the
operating room by spatially redistributing team members. We report on findings from two …

Historically, the physician professional identity and the organizational structure of Western
medicine have been defined by masculine norms such as authority and assertiveness. The …