Efficiency

At the beginning of each  2 week rotation the attending and or team resident should conduct a team launch. Why is a team launch helpful and how should this be conducted? Airline pilots and surgeons (using the WHO surgical checklist) always conduct a team launch. This assures everyone understands their…

Our results have been published in Academic Medicine: Southwick F., M. Lewis, D. Treloar, K. Cherabuddi, N. Radakrishnan, R. Leverence, X. Hand, and L. Cottler, Applying athletic principles to medical rounds to improve teaching and patient care. Acad. Med. 89:1018-1023, 2014 As compared to a control group that had no new…