CPSSQ Monthly News Update
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CPSSQ ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
27th June 2013 14:00-18:00
For more information and to register for this event please *CLICK HERE* 
PUBLICATION OF THE MONTH
April 2013
- Actual vs perceived performance debriefing in surgery: practice far from perfect. Am J Surg. View the abstract *HERE*
March 2013
- Factors that can make an impact on decision-making and decision implementation in cancer multidisciplinary teams: An interview study of the provider perspective. International Journal of Surgery. View the abstract *HERE*
February 2013
- From pilots to Olympians: enhancing performance in anaesthesia through mental practice. Br J Anaesth. View the abstract *HERE*
January 2013
- An observational study of the frequency, severity, and etiology of failures in postoperative care after major elective general surgery. Annals of Surgery. View the abstract *HERE*
- Prospects for comparing European hospitals in terms of quality and safety: lessons from a comparative study in five countries. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. View the article *HERE*
December 2012
- Improving patient safety in the operating theatre and perioperative care: obstacles, interventions, and priorities for accelerating progress.Br J Anaesth. View the abstract *HERE*
October 2012
- Managing the after effects of serious patient safety incidents in the NHS: an online survey study. Pinto A, Faiz O, Vincent C. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 View the abstract *HERE* This publication has attracted media attention, view The Telegraph article *HERE* and The London Evening Standard article *HERE*
September 2012
- WHO Patient Safety has launched the first edition of “Patient Safety Research: A guide for developing training programmes”. The guide was led by Sonal Arora with Nick Sevdalis and Charles Vincent part of the advisory group. View the guide *HERE*
TOPICS OF INTEREST
- The Health Foundation has released our report 'The measurement and monitoring of safety', proposing a new framework for measuring safety. CLICK HERE to download the report.
- Inquiries alone will not tackle failures of care | By Carl Macrae. To read the HSJ article CLICK HERE
- Patient Safety and the Law: Changes and Challenges Post-Francis. Meeting @ The Royal Society of Medicine. Friday 14/06/2013. For more information *CLICK HERE*
- Thursday 18/04/2013 at 12.00pm. Professor Jenny Firth-Cozens, will talk about "Enabling Compassion in Healthcare". For more information, *CLICK HERE*
- Researchers at CPSSQ join the National Surgical Never Events Taskforce. For more information *CLICK HERE*
- MID-STAFFORDSHIRE TRAGEDY COULD MAKE NHS STRONGER, says US expert. Former Medicare and Medicaid chief Don Berwick called in to head national advisory group on safety of patients in England. For more information *CLICK HERE*
- Manmeet Matharoo is undertaking reasearch looking at teamwork and decision-making in Colorectal Cancer Multi-disciplinary Teams. Manmeet presented the provisional results of her study last Friday (01/03/2013) at the St. Mark's GI grand round. 412 patient decisions have been scrutinised in real time with some interesting results. For more information about this project please contact Manmeet.
- A BBC 2 Horizon programme will be screened on Thursday 21 March at 2100hrs about Human Factors in Healthcare. The programme, presented by Dr Kevin Fong will look at how learning about the human in the system and the system itself can bring about enormous improvements in safety and outcomes that technology and medical science can only aspire to.
- *CPSSQ SPRING NEWSLETTER*: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
- RSM Meeting: Surgical Innovations: Changing Ideas into Reality. 28 February 2013. For more information CLICK HERE
- The National Centre for Infection Prevention and Management’s 3rd Annual Scientific Research Meeting. The event will take place on 3 July 2013. Click here for more information
- *CPSSQ AUTUMN NEWSLETTER*: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
- 26th November 2012 22.35 BBC Scotland Investigates: How Safe is Your Hospital? Featuring an interview with Professor Charles Vincent.
- The DOME Respiratory Rate Recorder iPhone application is now live and free to download from the App Store.
- Handbook for Debriefing *CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD*
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Association of Surgical Education (ASE) Paper of Distinction Award 2013
Louise Hull has won the Paper of Distinction award for her research entitled 'Assessment of Team Skills in the Operating Room: Development and Evaluation of a 'Train-the-Trainers' Program'. To view the award winning abstract CLICK HERE .
Association of Surgical Education (ASE) Paper of Distinction Award 2013
Daniel Cohen has won the Paper of Distinction award for his research entitled 'Global trauma team leader training and assessment using virtual worlds – a feasibility and reliability study across 3 continents'. To view the award winning abstract CLICK HERE
Market Research Society (MRS) Award for International Research
Judges highly commended Ipsos MORI and Imperial College London's paper Global Preparation for PrEP paper.
BMJ Group Improving Health Awards 2012: Excellence in Education Award
Maria Ahmed has won the the BMJ Group Improving Health Awards 2012: Excellence in Education Award for her work entitled 'Lessons Learnt: Building a Safer Foundation'.
