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