The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery
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The use of high-fidelity patient simulators for training health-care professionals has increased rapidly in recent years. Approximately 150 simulation training centres operate internationally. Australasia has acquired four centres since 1997. A large component of simulator-based training is experiential. ⋯ A broad range of skills can be addressed with this resource. Of key importance are situational management and team effectiveness skills. Deficiencies with respect to these 'non-clinical' skills are being increasingly identified for their contribution to preventable adverse events within the health-care environment. Multidisciplinary operation-room team training has the potential to address these issues as they relate to the perioperative environment.
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The purpose of the present paper was to estimate the absolute risk of breast cancer over the remainder of a lifetime in Australian women with different categories of family history. ⋯ These Australian risk statistics are useful for public information and in the clinical setting. Risks given here apply to women with average breast cancer risk from other risk factors.