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Surgical briefing resource toolkit
The following resources highlight the evidence for undertaking briefings, the benefits, and how-to undertake a start-of-list briefing. You will also find promotional resources, such as posters, to use as a prompt within your hospital. To read more about surgical briefing awareness day held in June 2019 click here.
What is a briefing?
Publications
| Publication: | Surgical briefing case studies |
| Publication: | Surgical briefing poster |
| Publication: | Surgical briefing brochure |
Videos
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These three short videos are of surgical team members discussing why they have found briefings helpful and the benefits they have seen as a result. |
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Evidence for briefings
Evidence for the use of briefings can be found in the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s publication: Checklists, briefings and debriefings: An evidence summary.
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Checklists, briefings and debriefings: An evidence summary |
How to undertake a briefing
Watch a short video of Professor Ian Civil leading a briefing.
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