Key performance gaps of practicing anesthesiologists: how they contribute to hazards in anesthesiology and proposals for addressing them

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey.
³ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
⁵ Research and Data Resources, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁷ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁸ UCLA Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
⁹ Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, North-Western University, Chicago, Illinois.
¹¹ University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (WISER), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
¹² Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹³ Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
¹⁴ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.
¹⁵ University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Review

Arna Banerjee et al. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2020 Winter.

. 2020 Winter;58(1):13-20.

doi: 10.1097/AIA.0000000000000262.

¹ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey.
³ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
⁵ Research and Data Resources, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁷ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁸ UCLA Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
⁹ Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, North-Western University, Chicago, Illinois.
¹¹ University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (WISER), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
¹² Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹³ Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
¹⁴ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee.
¹⁵ University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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