Gaining Insight into Operative Performance: Analysis of an Automated 360-Degree Feedback Tool Among Perioperative Staff
Annals of Surgery Open Conclusions: “A 360-degree feedback tool is feasible, and feedback is perceived as valuable and actionable for surgeons and surgeon leaders. The intraoperative focus provided surgeons with specific feedback on how to improve within the operating room to promote efficiency, teamwork, and patient safety.” Read the Full Article Below: Gaining Insight into......
How Physicians Change [using PULSE 360]: Multisource feedback driven intervention improves physician leadership and teamwork
Surgery Conclusions: “Baseline multisource feedback scores vary by specialty and improve based on feedback, goalsetting, coaching, and education. In particular, physicians who start with low scores have the greatest potential for leadership teamwork index improvement.” Read the Full Article Below: How Physicians Change: Multisource Feedback-Driven Intervention Improves Physician Leadership and Teamwork...
Multisource Evaluation of Surgeon Behavior is Associated with Malpractice Claims
Annals of Surgery Conclusions: “Surgeon behavior, as assessed by 360-degree review, is associated with malpractice claims. These findings highlight the importance of teamwork and communication in exposure to malpractice. Although the nature of malpractice claims is complex and multifactorial, the identification and modification of negative physician behaviors may mitigate malpractice risk and ultimately result in the improved quality......
Can 360-Degree Reviews Help Surgeons? Evaluation of Multisource Feedback for Surgeons in a Multi-Institutional Quality Improvement Project
Journal of the American College of Surgeons Conclusions: “360-degree evaluations can provide a practical, systematic, and subjectively-accurate assessment of surgeon performance without undue reviewer burden. The process was found to result in beneficial behavior change according to surgeons and their co-workers.” Read the Full Article Below: Can 360-Degree Reviews Help Surgeons? Evaluation of Multisource Feedback......
Physicians’ Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients
Physicians’ Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients. Academic Medicine: March 2011 – Volume 86 – Issue 3 – pp 359-364. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182086fe1. Authors: Hojat, Mohammadreza PhD; Louis, Daniel Z. MS; Markham, Fred W. MD; Wender, Richard MD; Rabinowitz, Carol; Gonnella, Joseph S. MD. From the abstract: “The hypothesis of a positive relationship between physicians’......