Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Phone 919-684-3661
Fax 919-684-6251

Simulation Center Brochure

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Peer Reviewed Publications

Taekman, JM, Hobbs, GW, Wright, MC.  Intraoperative apnea: Medication error with disclosure.  Simulation in Health Care, 2007; 2(1): 39-42.

Wright MC, Phillips-Bute B, Mark JB, Stafford-Smith M, Grichnik KP, Andregg BC, Taekman JM.  Time of day effects on the incidence of anesthetic adverse events. Qual Saf Health Care, 2006; 15(4) 258-263.
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Taekman JM, Wright MC, Time of Death? (invited manuscript), AHRQ WebMM. Available at: http://webmm.ahrq.gov/.  September 2005. (abstract)

Wright MC, Taekman JM, Barber L, Hobbs G, Newman MF, Stafford-Smith M. The use of high-fidelity human patient simulation as an evaluative tool in the development of clinical research protocols and procedures. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2005. 26(6): p. 646-659. (abstract) (pdf)

Wright MC, Kaber D. Effects of Automation of Information-Processing Functions on Teamwork. Human Factors, 2005. 47(1): p. 50-66. (pdf) Copyright 2005 by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, all rights reserved. Making more than one copy of this paper is prohibited except with permission of HFES. (HFES publication information)

Wright, MC, Taekman JM, and Endsley MR, Objective measures of situation awareness in a simulated medical environment. Qual Saf Health Care, 2004. 13(suppl_1): p. i65-71. (abstract) (pdf) (QSHC Publication Information)

Taekman JM, Hobbs G, Barber L, Phillips-Bute BG, Wright MC, Newman MF, Stafford-Smith M. Preliminary report on the use of high-fidelity simulation in the training of study coordinators conducting a clinical research protocol. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2004 99 (2):521-7. (abstract) (pubmed)

Peer Reviewed Abstracts and Scientific Presentations

Segall N, Taekman JM, Mark JB, Hobbs G, Wright MC.  Coding, visualizing, and analyzing eye tracking data in simulated anesthesia care.  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting.  Santa Monica CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  Accepted for presentation in October 2007, Baltimore MD.

Wright MC, Luo X, Richardson WJ, Leonard MM, Hohenhaus MM, Taekman JM, Frush KS.  Piloting team training at Duke University Health System.  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting.  Santa Monica, CA:  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society; 2006.

Wright MC, Taekman JM, Griffin KL, Hobbs GW, Petrusa ER. Assessment of Team Coordination Skills in Medical Education and Clinical Practice.  American Association of Medical Colleges Research in Medical Education Conference. Seattle, Nov. 1, 2006.

Luo X, Richarson W, Frush KS, Wright, MC.  Evaluation of Interdisciplinary Perceptions of Safety and Teamwork.  2006 Quality Council of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC. 

Wright MC, Stafford-Smith M, Mark JB, Phillips-Bute BG, Taekman JM.  Association of Surgery Duration with the Incidence of Adverse Events in Anesthesia.  Anesthesiology. 2005;A1274.

Wright MC, Andregg BC, Mark JB, Stafford-Smith M, Grichnik KP, Phillips-Bute B, Taekman JM: Effects of time of day and surgery duration on adverse events in anaesthesia. In: Tartaglia R, Bagnara S, Bellandi T, Albolino S., Eds. International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety, Florence, Italy: Taylor & Francis; 2005:377-380

Wright MC, Taekman JM, Barber L, Newman MF, and Stafford-Smith M. The Role of Simulation in the Development of Clinical Research Protocols. American Society of Anesthesiologists, Las Vegas, NV, October 2004. (abstract)

Howes BL, Hobbs GW, Andregg BC, Taekman JM, Fried EB, Keifer JC, Comparison of the Pharmacokinetic Models of a Human Patient Simulator and an Independent Software Model: Implications for Scenario Scripting, International Meeting on Medical Simulation, Albuquerque, NM, January 2004. (abstract)

Hobbs GW, Andregg BC, Adrian RJ, Taekman JM, Olufolabi AJ, Time Management and the Role of a Simulation Coordinator, International Meeting on Medical Simulation, Albuquerque, NM, January 2004. (abstract)

Olufolabi AJ, Hobbs GW, Andregg BC, Adrian RJ, Taekman JM, Promoting Trainee Experience: From the OR to the Simulator, International Meeting on Medical Simulation, Albuquerque, NM, January 2004.(abstract)

Taekman JM Can or Should Simulators Be Used to Assess Resident Competence for Anesthetic Practice (Panel Presentation), American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 15, 2003. (presentation)

Taekman JM, Hobbs GH, Phillips-Bute B, Newman M, Stafford-Smith M. Increased Confidence in Research Coordinators Conducting a Clinical Trial Following Simulation Training, American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 14, 2003. (abstract)

Wright MC, Taekman JM. Human patient simulators as a human factors research tool in patient safety. In: Association. IE, ed. International Ergonomics Association XVth Triennial Congress and the 7th Joint Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society. Seoul Korea, 2003.

Wright MC, Kaber DB. Effects of automation on teamwork. Proceedings of the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and the 7th Joint Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society. Seoul, Korea: International Ergonomics Association, 2003.

Taekman JM., Andregg B. SimDot: An interdisciplinary web portal for human simulation. International Meeting on Medical Simulation. San Diego, CA., January 2003. (abstract)

Taekman JM, Temo JM, Hobbs GH. Integration of PGY-1 Anesthesia Residents in Simulation Development , International Meeting on Medical Simulation, San Diego, CA, January 2003.

Wright MC, Kaber DB. Team coordination and strategies under automation. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2003.

Taekman JM, Temo JM, Hobbs GH. MedicalSim-L: An Internet Discussion List for Human Simulation, International Meeting on Medical Simulation, Santa Clara, CA, January 2002. (abstract)

Haluck RS, Taekman J, Henry J, Marshall RL. Advanced Trauma Life Support Using Simulators and Web-Based Education. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2000, Newport Beach, CA, January 2000.