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PAST WORK & RESOURCES

Manuscripts and Open Access Articles

Villafranca, A., Fast, I., Turick, M., Jacoboshn, E. Clinician responses to disruptive

intraoperative behaviour: patterns and norms derived from a multinational survey. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. Epub ahead of print Dec 21, 2023. Access here.

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Fast, I., Villafranca, A., Heinrichs, B., Jacobsohn, E. (2020) Disruptive behavior in the

operating room is under-reported: an international survey. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, volume 67(1): 177–185. Access here

 

Villafranca, A., Hiebert, B., Hamlin, C., Young, A., Parveen, D., Arora, R. Avidan, M.,

Jacobsohn, E. (2019) Prevalence and predictors of exposure to disruptive behaviour in the operating room. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia; 66(7): 781–794. Access here.

 

Villafranca, A., Magid, K., Young, A., Fast, I., Jacobsohn, E. (2019) Abusive behavior in

Canadian and US operation rooms. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia; 66(7): 795–802. Access here

 

Villafranca, A., Fast, I., Jacobsohn, E. (2018) Disruptive behavior in the operating

room: Prevalence, consequences, prevention and management. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology; 31(3):366-374. Access here

 

Hamlin, S., Villafranca, A., Benoit, P., Jacobsohn, E. (2017) Health habits of medical

students during operating room rotations. Journal of Contemporary Medical Education; 5 (2), 39-43. Access here

 

Villafranca, A., Hamlin, C., Robinson, S., Rodebaugh, T., Jacoboshn, E. Development of

scales to measure exposure and responses to disruptive intraoperative behavior. J Patient Saf. 2021 Oct 1;17(7): e607-e614. Access here

 

Villafranca, A., Hamlin, C., Jacobsohn, E. (2017) Letter to the editor: Physical and

psychological abuse in Canadian operating rooms. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. Feb; 64(2):236-237. Access here

 

Villafranca, A., Hamlin, C., Enns, S., Jacobsohn, E. (2017) Disruptive behaviour in the

perioperative setting: A contemporary review. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. Feb; 64(2):128-140. Access here

Recent Conference Presentations

“Disrupting the disruption: Reducing the incidence and impact of disruptive behavior in the operating room”.

Concurrent session: Operating room nurses association of Canada (nursing, national).

60 minutes

May 2, 2021

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Disruptive and Unprofessional Behavior in the Perioperative Period: Definition, Consequences, Prevention and Management.

Villafranca, A. (co-presenter Eric Jacobsohn)

American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting

60 minutes  

2017

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Clinician responses to disruptive behavior in the operating room.

Villafranca, A., Fast, I., Hamlin, C., Jacobsohn, E.

American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting 

San Francisco, CA, USA

2018

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Predictors of self-labeling as being bullied in the operating room.

Villafranca, A., Hiebert, B., Magid, K., Jacobsohn, E.

American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting

San Francisco, CA, USA

2018

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Typologies of personal exposure to disruptive behavior in the operating room: A latent class analysis.

Magid, K., Villafranca, A., El-Gabalawy, R., Fast, I., Jacbosohn, E.

American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting

San Francisco, CA, USA

2018

 

Bullying and incivility in the operating room: Survey responses from 7465 clinicians.

Villafranca, A., Hamlin, C., Parveen, D., Jacobsohn, E.

American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting

Chicago, USA

2018

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Abusive behavior in the operating room: prevalence and predictors.

Villafranca, A., Young, A., Hamlin, C., Arora, R., Jacobsohn, E.

American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting 

Boston, Massachusetts

2017

 

Disruptive intraoperative behavior: reporting to management and satisfaction with management’s response.

Henrichs, B., Villafranca, A., Avidan, M., Jacobsohn, E.

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists conference

2017

 

Perpetrators of bullying and incivility in the operating room: a multinational survey of 6142 clinicians.

Hamlin, C., Villafranca, A., Enns, S., Parveen, D., Jacobsohn, E.

American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting

Chicago, USA

2016

 

Exposure to Negative Intraoperative Behavior-7465 survey responses

Villafranca, A., Hamlin, C., Jacobsohn, E. 

World Congress of Anaesthesiologists

Hong Kong, China

2016

 

Exposure to negative intraoperative behaviors alters the residency applications of some students.

Villafranca, A., Hamlin, C.,  Benoit, P.,  Jacobsohn, E.

World Congress of Anaesthesiologists

Hong Kong, China

2016

 

The NBOR Study (Negative Behavior in Operating Rooms) and its implications for India. 

Villafranca, A., Arya, V., Jacobsohn, E.

Indian Society of Anesthesiology Conference

Jaipur, India

2016

 

Canadian survey of negative intraoperative behaviors.

Villafranca, A., McLeod, B., Young, A., Villafranca, P., Jacobsohn, E.

Canadian Anesthesia Society Meeting

St. John’s, Newfoundland

2014

Invited Presentations

Operating room nurses association of Canada (nursing, national).

“Disruptive Behaviours: Reducing Their Impact for a Better Tomorrow”

May 2, 2017

 

Manitoba operating room nurses association (nursing, provincial).

“Disruptive behavior in the operating room: what is the problem and how should clinicians respond?”

March 4, 2017

 

Children’s Hospital OR nurses group, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba.

“Negative intraoperative behaviours: the latest findings and current thinking”.

September 17, 2014

 

Manitoba operating room nurses association (nursing, provincial). 

“Intraoperative behaviours survey: what we’ve learned so far…”.

April 28, 2014

 

Common Issues group (anesthesia, international).

“Intraoperative behaviours study”.

June 20, 2013

 

Manitoba operating room nurses association (nursing, provincial).

“Negative intraoperative behaviours". 

April 17, 2013

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