teams

NPR covers a good bit of the HF field in one conversation with two doctors

December 10, 2007

All Things Considered interviewed Dr. Peter Pronovost this weekend about the checklist he developed for doctors and nurses in busy hospitals. On a topical level, this illuminated the working memory demands of hospital work and statistics on how easy it is to err. As an example, a task analysis revealed almost two hundred steps medical professionals do per day to [...]

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Team Training

November 29, 2007

Enjoy this video of expert team performance. I note that the post-er says these Marines “cut a lot of corners.” I’d be very interested to know how this differs from what they “should” be doing and what is optimal. This from comments on the video: “Chief, what are you doing?! That was one jacked up fire mission. Are you trying [...]

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