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Surgeons, nurses, doctors, technicians and others gather in simulators at Harvard to learn teamwork.
Participants say it saves lives, money, and grief. Even skeptics say it’s worth the time and it should be done everywhere.
The CRICO Operating Room Team Training Program with Simulation is open to select CRICO-insured attending surgeons in the following specialities: general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, otolaryngology and gynecology surgery.
Elements of the Surgical Safety Checklist can be used as an actual briefing to enhance teamwork. Voicing one’s name, role and concerns not only gets the entire team on the same page but makes the environment more open for any team member to speak up throughout the case.
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September 16, 2014
Human memory is limited and frail. We are prone to forget even the things that we work to memorize. The pressures of work load and emergencies increase these weaknesses even more.
December 1, 2008
My first simulation experience transformed the way I viewed emergency care in obstetrics. I took the knowledge back home, but could not have utilized it in a vacuum. Fortunately, a critical number of other hospital members obtained the same experience.
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September 30, 2014
Because teams and medical homes are the present and the future in primary care, PCPs are struggling to keep strong doctor/patient relationships from becoming a thing of the past.