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From: Assessing the similarity of mental models of operating room team members and implications for patient safety: a prospective, replicated study

Fig. 1

A card sort in progress. A schematic representation of a top left portion of a computer screen showing the card sorting exercise in progress for the laparotomy for a perforated viscus scenario. Participants can sort cards chronologically, down the ‘Main action sequence’ column, and in parallel, by dragging and dropping cards onto the positions in four ‘Parallel Actions’ columns. Whenever a card is dropped onto a position in a column, a menu automatically appears offering a choice of one of the three subteams primarily responsible for the task depicted on that card (as for task ‘Organise bed space in PACU’ above). Teams are colour coded (i.e., dark background with white text = anaesthesia; light grey = surgical; and white = nursing), and the card changes colour accordingly once a team has been assigned to a task

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