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Our research on Speech Communication Interference in the OR is getting noticed! This article focuses on our collaboration with Dr. Paul Rudy, of the UMKC Conservatory. You can read the full story here.

Article highlighting our work with our colleague, Dr. Andrew McKenzie, a Linguist at KU.

Amber Davies, CRNA, is our collaborator, and one of the people featured in an article in the March issue of AORN highlighting our Speech Communication Interference research Study.

Dr. Ken Catchpole, Ph.D., BSC, C. ErgHF, MCIEHF came to visit UMKC School of Medicine to provide a special lecture about Human Factors, Teamwork, Complex Systems and Patient Safety. Top row, Left to Right: JP Craig, Dr. Gary Sutkin, Dean Alexander Norbash, Dr. Bart Patenaude, Dr. Rich Simonson...

Six to 10% of US patients sustain a surgical complication costing between $1.5-$5.9 billion annually, and half of these may be preventable. Miscommunication is the most common cause of surgical error and is responsible for complications such as hemorrhage, desaturation, and surgical site infection...

Dr. Sutkin and Dr. Brommelsiek co-presented this research virtually at a Webinar hosted by KU’s Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education, Policy, and Research (iPEPR) program

Faculty donation leads to collaboration between professors in the School of Medicine and UMKC Conservatory to yield safer surgeries