Courage, Fortitude, and Effective Leadership of Surgical Teams During COVID-19

Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

Twelve Lessons on Hospital Leadership During COVID-19 Pandemic

Coronavirus pandemic has been announced by World Health Organization Director General on March 11th, 2020.Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, was one the first referral hospitalsin the capital city of Tehran, I.R.Iran that entered the crisis and started a serious battle with the disease. Thehospital had to change many routine op...

Effective Leadership of Surgical Teams: A Mixed Methods Study of Surgeon Behaviors and Functions

BACKGROUND The importance of effective team leadership for achieving surgical excellence is widely accepted, but we understand less about the behaviors that achieve this goal. We studied cardiac surgical teams to identify leadership behaviors that best support surgical teamwork. METHODS We observed, surveyed, and interviewed cardiac surgical teams, including 7 surgeons and 116 team members, f...

Leadership in anaesthesia teams: the most effective leadership is shared.

BACKGROUND Leadership plays a crucial role in teams working in complex environments, and research has shown that shared leadership where all team members perform leadership functions is an effective strategy. The authors aimed to describe shared leadership patterns during anaesthesia induction and show how they are linked to team performance. METHODS 12 anaesthesia teams consisting of one res...

Nutrition during COVID-19

In December 2019, a new strain of the corona virus, as a subset of coronaviruses was identified for the first time in Wuhan, China. Symptoms included fever, cough, and muscle aches that are very similar to the seasonal flu.