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Innovative teaching in situational awareness.

Gregory A, Hogg G, Ker J. Clin Teach. 2015 Jun 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Nontechnical skills contribute to successful teamwork and safe care. This commentary describes a training initiative for undergraduate medical students that used simulation and contextual learning to teach nontechnical skills, including situational awareness and human factors.

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