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Grounded Theory, Mixed Methods, And Action Research, Lorelei Lingard, Mathieu Albert, Wendy Levinson Aug 2008

Grounded Theory, Mixed Methods, And Action Research, Lorelei Lingard, Mathieu Albert, Wendy Levinson

Lorelei Lingard

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Critically Appraising Qualitative Research, Ayelet Kuper, Lorelei Lingard, Wendy Levinson Jul 2008

Critically Appraising Qualitative Research, Ayelet Kuper, Lorelei Lingard, Wendy Levinson

Lorelei Lingard

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Evaluation Of A Preoperative Checklist And Team Briefing Among Surgeons, Nurses, And Anesthesiologists To Reduce Failures In Communication, Lorelei Lingard, Glenn Regehr, Beverley Orser, Richard Reznick, G. Baker, Diane Doran, Sherry Espin, John Bohnen, Sarah Whyte Dec 2007

Evaluation Of A Preoperative Checklist And Team Briefing Among Surgeons, Nurses, And Anesthesiologists To Reduce Failures In Communication, Lorelei Lingard, Glenn Regehr, Beverley Orser, Richard Reznick, G. Baker, Diane Doran, Sherry Espin, John Bohnen, Sarah Whyte

Lorelei Lingard

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether structured team briefings improve operating room communication.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This 13-month prospective study used a preintervention/postintervention design. All staff and trainees in the division of general surgery at a Canadian academic tertiary care hospital were invited to participate. Participants included 11 general surgeons, 24 surgical trainees, 41 operating room nurses, 28 anesthesiologists, and 24 anesthesia trainees.

INTERVENTION: Surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists gathered before 302 patient procedures for a short team briefing structured by a checklist. Main Outcome Measure The primary outcome measure was the number of communication failures (late, inaccurate, unresolved, or exclusive communication) …