Background Assessment of consulting skills using simulated patients is widespread in
medical education. Most research into such assessment is sited in a statistical paradigm that …

Objectives Simulation-based learning has been extensively explored, especially in
baccalaureate nursing programmes. Recently, simulation-based learning has been …

Video recording technologies offer a powerful way to document what happens in clinical
areas. 1 Cameras, and to a lesser extent, microphones, can be found in a growing number …

Aim To explore the unsettling effects of increased mobility of nurses, surgeons and other
healthcare professionals on communication and learning in the operating theatre …

Background As patients present with increasingly complex health issues, a team approach
to primary care is essential. Method A single-group, pre–post research design was used …

In this innovative book on autism and gaze from a multimodal interaction perspective, Terhi
Korkiakangas examines the role of gaze in everyday situations, asking why eye contact …

This paper argues for the inclusion of surgery within the canon of performance science. The
world of medicine presents rich, complex but relatively under-researched sites of …

Background One challenge identified in the Surgical Safety Checklist literature is the
inconsistent participation of operating teams in the safety checks. Less is known about how …

All too often, patient safety is compromised in the operating theatre. It is suggested that
communication breakdowns account for the majority of inadvertent harm, patient morbidity …

The use of role-play in standardised medical assessments raises many problems,
particularly around the measurement of interpersonal skills such as' empathy'. Research on …