The agility of ants: lessons for grappling with complexity in health care teamwork

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¹ Faculty of Education, Department of Surgery, Centre for Education Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Education Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

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Sayra M Cristancho et al. Med Educ. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;53(9):855-857.

doi: 10.1111/medu.13937.

¹ Faculty of Education, Department of Surgery, Centre for Education Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Education Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

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Accounting for complexity in medical education: a model of adaptive behaviour in medicine.
Woodruff JN. Woodruff JN. Med Educ. 2019 Sep;53(9):861-873. doi: 10.1111/medu.13905. Epub 2019 May 20. Med Educ. 2019. PMID: 31106901 Review.

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