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Cags and acs evidence based reviews in surgery. 32: Use of a surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality

  • M. E. McKenzie
  • , Steve Latosinsky
  • , Richard Thirlby
  • , David Urbach
  • , Drs N.N. Baxter
  • , K. J. Brasel
  • , C. J. Brown
  • , P. Chaudhury
  • , C. S. Cutter
  • , C. Divino
  • , E. Dixon
  • , L. Dubois
  • , G. W.N. Fitzgerald
  • , H. J.A. Henteleff
  • , A. W. Klrkpatrlck
  • , S. Latosinsky
  • , A. MacLean
  • , T. M. Mastracci
  • , R. S. McLeod
  • , A. Morris
  • L. A. Neumayer, L. R. Temple

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)64-66
Number of pages3
JournalCanadian Journal of Surgery
Volume53
Issue number1
StatePublished - Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery (EBRS) is a program jointly sponsored by the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and is supported by an educational grant from ETHICON and ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, both units of Johnson & Johnson Medical Products, a division of Johnson & Johnson and ETHICON Inc. and ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY Inc., divisions of Johnson & Johnson Inc. The primary objective of EBRS is to help practising surgeons improve their critical appraisal skills. During the academic year, 8 clinical articles are chosen for review and discussion. They are selected for their clinical relevance to general surgeons and because they cover a spectrum of issues important to surgeons, including causation or risk factors for disease, natural history or prognosis of disease, how to quantify disease, diagnostic tests, early diagnosis and the effectiveness of treatment. A methodological article guides the reader in critical appraisal of the clinical article. Methodological and clinical reviews of the article are performed by experts in the relevant areas and posted on the EBRS website, where they are archived indefinitely. In addition, a listserv allows participants to discuss the monthly article. Surgeons who participate in the monthly packages can obtain Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Maintenance of Certification credits and/or continuing medical education credits for the current article only by reading the monthly articles, participating in the listserv discussion, reading the methodological and clinical reviews and completing the monthly online evaluation and multiple choice questions.

Funders
Ethicon
Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development
American College of Surgeons
Canadian Association of General Surgeons
Johnson & Johnson Inc.
Ethicon

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Surgery

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