Background Surgical complications represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality
with the rate of major complications after inpatient surgery estimated at 3–17% in …

Background Speaking up is important for patient safety, but often, health care professionals
hesitate to voice concerns. Understanding the influencing factors can help to improve …

Background Adverse events in patients who have undergone surgery constitute a large
proportion of iatrogenic illnesses. Most surgical safety interventions have focused on the …

Background Simulation-based medical education enables knowledge, skills and attitudes to
be acquired for all healthcare professionals in a safe, educationally orientated and efficient …

Background Communication failures in healthcare teams are associated with medical errors
and negative health outcomes. These findings have increased emphasis on training future …

The Patient-Centered Clinical Method (PCCM) has been a core tenet of the practice and
teaching of medicine since the first edition of Patient-Centered Medicine-Transforming the …

Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to assess the impact of surgical safety
checklists on the quality of teamwork and communication in the operating room (OR) …

In many areas of the developed world, contemporary hospital care is confronted by
workforce challenges, changing consumer expectations and demands, fiscal constraints …

BACKGROUND: Little evidence exists that links teamwork to patient outcomes. We
conducted this study to determine if patients of teams with good teamwork had better …

Aim: To review the literature on the use of simulation in the development of non-technical
skills in nursing Background: The potential risks to patients associated with learning'at the …