Background: Positive deviance (PD) seminars, which have shown excellent results in
improving the quality of surgical practices, use individual performance feedback to identify …

Objectives Positive deviance is a way of examining variation across health care settings to
understand how and why high-performing clinical teams or organizations achieve their …

Background Surgical peer coaching has been associated with high rates of practice change
but remains largely unutilized. The purpose of this study was to survey surgeons …

Importance Surgical coaching is maturing as a tangible strategy for surgeons' continuing
professional development. Resources to spread this innovation are not yet widely available …

Background Our institution initiated the Orthopedic Surgery and Anesthesiology Surgical
Improvement Strategies (OASIS) project in 2017 to improve the quality and efficiency for hip …

Objective Coaching has been proposed as a potential form of continuing professional
development (CPD) for surgeons. Our study aimed to elicit qualified surgeons' perceptions …

Background The introduction of 4-joint operating rooms (ORs) to meet provincial wait time
targets represented a major change in practice, providing an opportunity to optimize patient …

Background Developing a high-efficiency operating room (OR) for total joint arthroplasty
(TJA) in an academic setting is challenging given the preexisting work cultures, bureaucratic …

What Is the Innovation? Surgeons are committed to optimizing the quality and safety of the
care that we provide to ensure the best outcomes for our patients. Most current quality …

Background A surgical team often consists of an experienced surgeon and surgeons in
training. This project quantified the contribution of the experienced surgeon to the teamwork …