Publications
In Press
Flin, R. (in press). CRM (non-technical) skills Applications for and beyond the flight deck. In R. Helmreich, B. Kanki & J Anca (Eds) Crew Resource Managment (2nd Ed). New York: Elsevier
Raduma-Tomàs, M.A., Flin, R., Yule, S. & Williams, D. (in press). Doctors' handovers in hospitals: A literature review. Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
Runciman, Flin et al. (in press). Ontology of patient safety. QSHC.
2010
Fioratou, E., Flin, R., Glavin, R. & Patey, R. (in press). Beyond monitoring: distributed situation awareness in anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 105, 83-90.
Fioratou, E., Flin, R., & Glavin, R. (2010). No simple fix for fixation errors: cognitive processes and their clinical applications. Anaesthesia, 65, 61-69.
Flin, R., Patey, R., Glavin, R. & Maran, N. (2010). Anaesthetists' non-technical skills.(ANTS). British Journal of Anaesthesia, 105, 38-44.
Henrickson Parker, S., Laviana, A., Wadhera, R., Wiegmann, D.& Sundt, T.M. (2010). Development and evaluation of an observational tool for assessing surgical flow disruptions and their impact on surgical performance. World Journal of Surgery 34 (2), 353-361.
McKee, L., West, M., Flin, R., Grant, A., Johnston, D., Jones, M., Miles, C., Charles, K., Dawson, J., McCann, S. & Yule, S. (2010). Understanding the dynamics of organisational culture change: creating safe places for patients and staff. SDO Grant Report. Link to report.
Wadhera, R., Henrickson Parker, S., Burkhart, H., Greason, K., Neal, J., Levenick, K. & Sundt, T.M.(2010). Is the "sterile cockpit" concept applicable to cardiovascular surgery critical intervals or critical events? The impact of protocol-driven communication during cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 139, 312-19.
Youngson, G. & Flin, R. (2010). Editorial: Patient safety in surgery: non-technical aspects of safe surgical performance. Patient Safety in Surgery, 2010, 4:4.
2009
Arnold, J., Johnson, L., Tucker, S., Malec, J., Henrickson, S. & Dunn, W. (2009). Evaluation tools in simulation learning: Performance and self-efficacy in emergency response. Clinical Simulation in Nursing 5 (1), e35-e43.
Bromiley, M. & Mitchell, L. (2009). Would you speak up if the consultant got it wrong?...and would you listen if someone said you'd got it wrong? Journal of Perioperative Practice, Safer Surgery Special Issue, 19, 326-329. Download pdf article.
Burkhart, H., Riley, J., Henrickson Parker, S., Glenn, G., Lynch, J., Arnold, J., Dearani, J, Schaff, H. & Sundt, T. (2009). The successful application of simulation-based training in thoracic surgery residency. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Flin, R. & Patey, R. (2009). Editorial: Improving patient safety through training in non-technical skills. BMJ, 339:b3595. Download article
Flin, R. & Mitchell, L. (Eds) (2009). Safer Surgery. Analysing Behaviour in the Operating Theatre. Farnham: Ashgate.
Flin, R., Patey, R., Jackson, J., Mearns, K. & Dissanayaka, U. (2009). First year medical undergraduates' knowledge of and attitudes to medical error. Medical Education, 43, 1147-1155.
Flin, R., Winter, J., Sarac, C. & Raduma M. (2009). Human Factors in Patient Safety: Review of Topics and Tools. Report for Methods and Measures Working Group of WHO Patient Safety. Geneva: World Health Organization. Download pdf article.
Greene, Guthrie et al (2009, in press). Quality and Safety in Health Care.
Henrickson Parker, S., Wadhera, R., ElBardissi, A., Wiegmann, D. & Sundt, T. (2009). A human factors analysis of cardiopulmonary bypass machines and associated components and procedures. Journal of Extracorporeal Technology, 41 (2), 57-64.
Henrickson Parker, S., Schnell, J., White, A. (2009). Basics of human factors and patient safety. OR Nurse, 3 (3), 6-9.
Reader, Flin, Mearns & Cuthbertson (2009). Developing a team performance framework for the Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care Medicine, 37 (5), 1787-93. Download pdf article.
Yule, S., Rowley, D., Flin, R., Maran, N., Youngson, G., Duncan, J. & Paterson-Brown, S. (2009). Experience matters: comparing novice and expert ratings of non-technical skills using the NOTSS system. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 79, 154-160. Download pdf article.
2008
Baldie, D., Entwistle, V. & Davey, P. (2008). The information and support needs of patients discharged after a short hospital stay for treatment of low-risk Community Acquired Pneumonia: implications for treatment without admission. BMC Pulmonary Medicine; 8: 11.
Barlow, G., Nathwani, D., Myers, E. et al.(2008). Identifying barriers to the rapid administration of appropriate antibiotics in community-acquired pneumonia. J Antimicrob Chemo; 61: 442-51.
Burnett, E., Phillips, G., Ker, J.S. (2008). From theory to practice in learning about healthcare associated infections: reliable assessment of final year medical students' ability to reflect. Med Teach; 30: e157-60.
Davey, P.G. & Marwick, C. (2008). Appropriate vs. inappropriate antimicrobial therapy. Clinical Microbiology and Infection; 14: 15-21.
Engle, N., Patey R. et al. (2008). Non-technical skills. Student BMJ, 16, 454-455.
Evans, J.M., Guthrie, B, Pagliari, C. et al. Do general practice characteristics influence uptake of an information technology (IT) innovation in primary care? Inform Prim Care 2008; 16: 3-8.
Flin, R. et al (2008). Safety at the Sharp End. A Guide to Non-Technical Skills. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Guthrie, B., Saultz, J., Freeman, G. et al. (2008). Continuity of care matters. BMJ; 337: 548-9.
Guthrie, B. (2008). Measuring the quality of healthcare systems using composites. BMJ; 337: 418-9.
Hogg, Lorente, Keith, Ramsay, Ambrose, Owen & Ker (2008). The evaluation of a ward simulation exercise to support hospital at night practitioners develop safe practice Int J Clin Skills 2 , 112-117
Hopf, Y., Watson, M.C., Williams, D. (2008). Adverse-drug-reaction related admissions to a hospital in the North-East of Scotland. Pharm World Sci ;30:854-862.
Huby, Guthrie et al (2008). Journal of Health Organization and Management 22(1): 63-78.
Ker, J., Cantillon, P.,& Ambrose, L. Teaching on a ward round. BMJ 2008; 337: a1930.
McMurdo, Davey et al (2008). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy .: dkn489.
Mitchell & Flin (2008). Non-technical skills of the operating theatre scrub nurse. A literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 63, 15-24.
Neville, R.G., Reed, C., Boswell, B, et al. (2008). Early experience of the use of short message service (SMS) technology in routine clinical care. Inform Prim Care, 16: 203-11.
Owen, L., Byrne, D.& Ker, J. (2008). A learning package for medical students in a busy urology department: design, implementation, and evaluation. Urology, 72, 982-6.
Owen, Byrne & Ker (2008). How useful is simulation in preparing students for practice in the ambulatory care setting? Int J Clin Skills, 2 ,17-20
Pulcini, C., Defres. S., Aggarwal, I. et al.(2008). Design of a 'day 3 bundle' to improve the reassessment of inpatient empirical antibiotic prescriptions. J Antimicrob Chemoth; 61: 1384-8.
Ramsay, J., Keith, G.& Ker, J.S. Use of simulated patients for a communication skills exercise. Nurs Stand 2008; 22: 39-44.
Shepherd, Ambrose, Somerville & Ker (2008). Medical undergraduates' competence and confidence in Basic Life Support Skills Int J Clin Skills, 2, 30-34
Williams, D., Olsen, S., et al (2008). Detection of adverse events in a Scottish hospital using a consensus-based methodology. Scottish Medical Journal, 53, 26-30. Download pdf article.
Yule, Flin et al (2008). Surgeons’ non-technical skills in the operating room. Reliability testing of the NOTSS behaviour rating system. World Journal of Surgery, 32, 548-556.
Yule, Flin, Rowley, Mitchell, Youngson et al.(2008). Debriefing surgical trainees on non-technical skills (NOTSS) Cognition, Technology & Work, 10, 265-274.
