John Bryan Sexton | Scholars@Duke

John Bryan Sexton
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, General Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2014

Contact Information

3100 Tower Blvd., University Tower, 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Durham, NC 27707
Box 104503, Durham, NC 27710
bryan.sexton@duke.edu (919) 681-4949

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 2007
Duke Appointment History
- Instructor, Temporary of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, General Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2009 - 2013
Research
Selected Grants
- Implementation of a Safety Program in Guatemala awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
- The WISER NICU Study awarded by Stanford University 2015 - 2018
- Hospital Engagement Contractor awarded by Lifepoint Hospitals 2014 - 2015
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Tawfik, DS, Sexton, JB, Adair, KC, Kaplan, HC, and Profit, J. "Context in Quality of Care: Improving Teamwork and Resilience." Clinics in perinatology 44, no. 3 (September 2017): 541-552. (Review) Full Text
  - Profit, J, Sharek, PJ, Kan, P, Rigdon, J, Desai, M, Nisbet, CC, Tawfik, DS, Thomas, EJ, Lee, HC, and Sexton, JB. "Teamwork in the NICU Setting and Its Association with Health Care-Associated Infections in Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants." American journal of perinatology 34, no. 10 (August 2017): 1032-1040. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, Schwartz, SP, Chadwick, WA, Rehder, KJ, Bae, J, Bokovoy, J, Doram, K, Sotile, W, Adair, KC, and Profit, J. "The associations between work-life balance behaviours, teamwork climate and safety climate: cross-sectional survey introducing the work-life climate scale, psychometric properties, benchmarking data and future directions." BMJ quality & safety 26, no. 8 (August 2017): 632-640. Full Text
  - Tawfik, DS, Phibbs, CS, Sexton, JB, Kan, P, Sharek, PJ, Nisbet, CC, Rigdon, J, Trockel, M, and Profit, J. "Factors Associated With Provider Burnout in the NICU." Pediatrics 139, no. 5 (May 2017). Full Text
  - Tawfik, DS, Sexton, JB, Kan, P, Sharek, PJ, Nisbet, CC, Rigdon, J, Lee, HC, and Profit, J. "Burnout in the neonatal intensive care unit and its relation to healthcare-associated infections." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 37, no. 3 (March 2017): 315-320. Full Text
  - Doram, K, Chadwick, W, Bokovoy, J, Profit, J, Sexton, JD, and Sexton, JB. "Got spirit? The spiritual climate scale, psychometric properties, benchmarking data and future directions." BMC health services research 17, no. 1 (February 11, 2017): 132-. Full Text
  - Haerkens, MH, van Leeuwen, W, Sexton, JB, Pickkers, P, and van der Hoeven, JG. "Validation of the Dutch language version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ-NL)." BMC health services research 16, no. a (August 15, 2016): 385-. Full Text
  - Fan, CJ, Pawlik, TM, Daniels, T, Vernon, N, Banks, K, Westby, P, Wick, EC, Sexton, JB, and Makary, MA. "Association of Safety Culture with Surgical Site Infection Outcomes." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 222, no. 2 (February 2016): 122-128. Full Text
  - Gupta, RT, Sexton, JB, Milne, J, and Frush, DP. "Practice and quality improvement: successful implementation of TeamSTEPPS tools into an academic interventional ultrasound practice." AJR. American journal of roentgenology 204, no. 1 (January 2015): 105-110. Full Text
  - Profit, J, Sharek, PJ, Amspoker, AB, Kowalkowski, MA, Nisbet, CC, Thomas, EJ, Chadwick, WA, and Sexton, JB. "Burnout in the NICU setting and its relation to safety culture." BMJ quality & safety 23, no. 10 (October 2014): 806-813. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, Sharek, PJ, Thomas, EJ, Gould, JB, Nisbet, CC, Amspoker, AB, Kowalkowski, MA, Schwendimann, R, and Profit, J. "Exposure to Leadership WalkRounds in neonatal intensive care units is associated with a better patient safety culture and less caregiver burnout." BMJ quality & safety 23, no. 10 (October 2014): 814-822. Full Text
  - Schwendimann, R, Milne, J, Frush, K, Ausserhofer, D, Frankel, A, and Sexton, JB. "A closer look at associations between hospital leadership walkrounds and patient safety climate and risk reduction: a cross-sectional study." Am J Med Qual 28, no. 5 (September 2013): 414-421. Full Text Link to Item
  - "Correction." BMJ Quality & Safety 22, no. 2 (February 2013): 182.4-182. Full Text
  - Block, M, Ehrenworth, JF, Cuce, VM, Ng'Ang'A, N, Weinbach, J, Saber, S, Milic, M, Urgo, JA, Sokoli, D, Schlesinger, MD, and Sexton, JB. "Measuring handoff quality in labor and delivery: Development, validation, and application of the Coordination of Handoff Effectiveness Questionnaire (CHEQ)." Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 39, no. 5 (January 1, 2013): 213-220.
  - Zimmermann, N, Küng, K, Sereika, SM, Engberg, S, Sexton, B, and Schwendimann, R. "Assessing the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), German language version in Swiss university hospitals--a validation study." BMC health services research 13 (January 2013): 347-. Full Text
  - Daugherty, EL, Paine, LA, Maragakis, LL, Sexton, JB, and Rand, CS. "Safety Culture and Hand Hygiene: Linking Attitudes to Behavior." INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 33, no. 12 (December 2012): 1280-1282. Full Text Link to Item
  - Marsteller, JA, Sexton, JB, Hsu, Y-J, Hsiao, C-J, Holzmueller, CG, Pronovost, PJ, and Thompson, DA. "A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units*." Critical care medicine 40, no. 11 (November 2012): 2933-2939. Full Text
  - Lyndon, A, Sexton, JB, Simpson, KR, Rosenstein, A, Lee, KA, and Wachter, RM. "Predictors of likelihood of speaking up about safety concerns in labour and delivery." BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY 21, no. 9 (September 2012): 791-799. Full Text Link to Item
  - Schwendimann, R, Zimmermann, N, Küng, K, Ausserhofer, D, and Sexton, B. "Variation in safety culture dimensions within and between US and Swiss Hospital Units: an exploratory study." BMJ quality & safety (July 2012). (Academic Article) Full Text
  - Profit, J, Etchegaray, J, Petersen, LA, Sexton, JB, Hysong, SJ, Mei, M, and Thomas, EJ. "Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely." ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION 97, no. 2 (March 2012): F120-F126. Full Text Link to Item
  - Profit, J, Etchegaray, J, Petersen, LA, Sexton, JB, Hysong, SJ, Mei, M, and Thomas, EJ. "The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a tool for benchmarking safety culture in the NICU." ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION 97, no. 2 (March 2012): F127-F132. Full Text Link to Item
  - Thomas, E, Mazzocco, K, Graham, S, Petitti, D, Fong, K, Bonacum, D, Brookey, J, Lasky, R, and Sexton, B. "An empiric study of surgical team behaviours, patient outcomes, and a programme based on its results." (January 1, 2012): 261-282. (Chapter)
  - Uddin, SG, Marsteller, JA, Sexton, JB, Will, SE, and Fox, HE. "Provider Attitudes Toward Clinical Protocols in Obstetrics." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY 27, no. 4 (2012): 335-340. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vigorito, MC, McNicoll, L, Adams, L, and Sexton, B. "Improving safety culture results in Rhode Island ICUs: lessons learned from the development of action-oriented plans." Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 37, no. 11 (November 2011): 509-514. Full Text
  - Devriendt, E, Van den Heede, K, Coussement, J, Dejaeger, E, Surmont, K, Heylen, D, Schwendimann, R, Sexton, B, Wellens, NI, Boonen, S, and Milisen, K. "Content validity and internal consistency of the Dutch translation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: An observational study." International journal of nursing studies 24, no. 5 (October 2011): 293-296. (Academic Article) Full Text
  - Paine, LA, Rosenstein, BJ, Sexton, JB, Kent, P, Holzmueller, CG, and Pronovost, PJ. "Republished paper: Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study." Postgraduate Medical Journal 87, no. 1028 (June 1, 2011): 428-435. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, Berenholtz, SM, Goeschel, CA, Watson, SR, Holzmueller, CG, Thompson, DA, Hyzy, RC, Marsteller, JA, Schumacher, K, and Pronovost, PJ. "Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units." Crit Care Med 39, no. 5 (May 2011): 934-939. Full Text Link to Item
  - Berenholtz, SM, Pham, JC, Thompson, DA, Needham, DM, Lubomski, LH, Hyzy, RC, Welsh, R, Cosgrove, SE, Sexton, JB, Colantuoni, E, Watson, SR, Goeschel, CA, and Pronovost, PJ. "Collaborative Cohort Study of an Intervention to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit." INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 32, no. 4 (April 2011): 305-314. Full Text Link to Item
  - Paine, LA, Rosenstein, BJ, Sexton, JB, Kent, P, Holzmueller, CG, and Pronovost, PJ. "Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study." Quality & safety in health care 19, no. 6 (December 2010): 547-554. Full Text
  - Etchegaray, JM, Sexton, JB, Helmreich, RL, and Thomas, EJ. "Job satisfaction ratings: measurement equivalence across nurses and physicians." Western journal of nursing research 32, no. 4 (June 2010): 530-539. Full Text
  - Huang, DT, Clermont, G, Kong, L, Weissfeld, LA, Sexton, JB, Rowan, KM, and Angus, DC. "Intensive care unit safety culture and outcomes: a US multicenter study." International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 22, no. 3 (June 2010): 151-161. Full Text
  - Nordén-Hägg, A, Sexton, JB, Kälvemark-Sporrong, S, Ring, L, and Kettis-Lindblad, Å. "Assessing safety culture in pharmacies: the psychometric validation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) in a national sample of community pharmacies in Sweden." BMC clinical pharmacology 10 (April 11, 2010): 8-. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Goeschel, CA, Colantuoni, E, Watson, S, Lubomski, LH, Berenholtz, SM, Thompson, DA, Sinopoli, DJ, Cosgrove, S, Sexton, JB, Marsteller, JA, Hyzy, RC, Welsh, R, Posa, P, Schumacher, K, and Needham, D. "Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 340 (February 4, 2010): c309-. Full Text
  - Sexton, JD, Pennebaker, JW, Holzmueller, CG, Wu, AW, Berenholtz, SM, Swoboda, SM, Pronovost, PJ, and Sexton, JB. "Care for the caregiver: benefits of expressive writing for nurses in the United States." Progress in Palliative Care 17, no. 6 (December 2009): 307-312. Full Text
  - Thomas, E, Mazzocco, K, Graham, S, Petitti, D, Fong, K, Bonacum, D, Brookey, J, Lasky, R, and Sexton, B. "An empiric study of surgical team behaviours, patient outcomes, and a programme based on its results." (December 1, 2009): 261-282. (Chapter)
  - Mazzocco, K, Petitti, DB, Fong, KT, Bonacum, D, Brookey, J, Graham, S, Lasky, RE, Sexton, JB, and Thomas, EJ. "Surgical team behaviors and patient outcomes." American journal of surgery 197, no. 5 (May 2009): 678-685. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Goeschel, CA, Olsen, KL, Pham, JC, Miller, MR, Berenholtz, SM, Sexton, JB, Marsteller, JA, Morlock, LL, Wu, AW, Loeb, JM, and Clancy, CM. "Reducing health care hazards: lessons from the commercial aviation safety team." Health affairs (Project Hope) 28, no. 3 (May 2009): w479-w489. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Sexton, JB, Pham, JC, Goeschel, CA, Winters, BD, and Miller, MR. "Measurement of quality and assurance of safety in the critically ill." Clinics in chest medicine 30, no. 1 (March 2009): 169-x. (Review) Full Text
  - Rodriguez-Paz, JM, Kennedy, M, Salas, E, Wu, AW, Sexton, JB, Hunt, EA, and Pronovost, PJ. "Beyond "see one, do one, teach one": toward a different training paradigm." Quality & safety in health care 18, no. 1 (February 2009): 63-68. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Goeschel, CA, Marsteller, JA, Sexton, JB, Pham, JC, and Berenholtz, SM. "Framework for patient safety research and improvement." Circulation 119, no. 2 (January 2009): 330-337. (Review) Full Text
  - Rodriguez-Paz, JM, Kennedy, M, Salas, E, Wu, AW, Sexton, JB, Hunt, EA, and Pronovost, PJ. "Beyond "see one, do one, teach one": Toward a different training paradigm." Quality and Safety in Health Care 18, no. 1 (2009): 63-68. Full Text
  - Winters, BD, Gurses, AP, Lehmann, H, Sexton, JB, Rampersad, CJ, and Pronovost, PJ. "Clinical review: checklists - translating evidence into practice." Critical care (London, England) 13, no. 6 (January 2009): 210-. (Review) Full Text
  - Frankel, A, Grillo, SP, Pittman, M, Thomas, EJ, Horowitz, L, Page, M, and Sexton, B. "Revealing and resolving patient safety defects: the impact of leadership WalkRounds on frontline caregiver assessments of patient safety." Health services research 43, no. 6 (December 2008): 2050-2066. Full Text
  - Nundy, S, Mukherjee, A, Sexton, JB, Pronovost, PJ, Knight, A, Rowen, LC, Duncan, M, Syin, D, and Makary, MA. "Impact of preoperative briefings on operating room delays: a preliminary report." Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 143, no. 11 (November 2008): 1068-1072. Full Text
  - Marsteller, JA, Holzmueller, CG, Makary, M, Sexton, JB, Thompson, DA, Lubomski, LH, and Pronovost, PJ. "Developing process-support tools for patient safety: finding the balance between validity and feasibility." Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 34, no. 10 (October 2008): 604-561. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Berenholtz, SM, Goeschel, C, Thom, I, Watson, SR, Holzmueller, CG, Lyon, JS, Lubomski, LH, Thompson, DA, Needham, D, Hyzy, R, Welsh, R, Roth, G, Bander, J, Morlock, L, and Sexton, JB. "Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan." Journal of critical care 23, no. 2 (June 2008): 207-221. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, Paine, LA, Manfuso, J, Holzmueller, CG, Martinez, EA, Moore, D, Hunt, DG, and Pronovost, PJ. "A check-up for safety culture in "my patient care area"." Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 33, no. 11 (November 2007): 699-645. Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Taggart, B, Crandell, S, Lasky, RE, Williams, AL, Love, LJ, Sexton, JB, Tyson, JE, and Helmreich, RL. "Teaching teamwork during the Neonatal Resuscitation Program: a randomized trial." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 27, no. 7 (July 2007): 409-414. Full Text
  - Makary, MA, Al-Attar, A, Holzmueller, CG, Sexton, JB, Syin, D, Gilson, MM, Sulkowski, MS, and Pronovost, PJ. "Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training." The New England journal of medicine 356, no. 26 (June 2007): 2693-2699. Full Text
  - Makary, MA, Mukherjee, A, Sexton, JB, Syin, D, Goodrich, E, Hartmann, E, Rowen, L, Behrens, DC, Marohn, M, and Pronovost, PJ. "Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 204, no. 2 (February 2007): 236-243. Full Text
  - Huang, DT, Clermont, G, Sexton, JB, Karlo, CA, Miller, RG, Weissfeld, LA, Rowan, KM, and Angus, DC. "Perceptions of safety culture vary across the intensive care units of a single institution." Critical care medicine 35, no. 1 (January 2007): 165-176. Full Text
  - Modak, I, Sexton, JB, Lux, TR, Helmreich, RL, and Thomas, EJ. "Measuring safety culture in the ambulatory setting: the safety attitudes questionnaire--ambulatory version." Journal of general internal medicine 22, no. 1 (January 2007): 1-5. Full Text
  - Wu, AW, Sexton, JB, and Pronovost, PJ. "Response [6]." Chest 131, no. 4 (January 1, 2007): 1269-1270. (Letter) Full Text
  - Pronovost, P, Needham, D, Berenholtz, S, Sinopoli, D, Chu, H, Cosgrove, S, Sexton, B, Hyzy, R, Welsh, R, Roth, G, Bander, J, Kepros, J, and Goeschel, C. "An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU." The New England journal of medicine 355, no. 26 (December 2006): 2725-2732. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Thompson, DA, Holzmueller, CG, Lubomski, LH, Dorman, T, Dickman, F, Fahey, M, Steinwachs, DM, Engineer, L, Sexton, JB, Wu, AW, and Morlock, LL. "Toward learning from patient safety reporting systems." Journal of critical care 21, no. 4 (December 2006): 305-315. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, Makary, MA, Tersigni, AR, Pryor, D, Hendrich, A, Thomas, EJ, Holzmueller, CG, Knight, AP, Wu, Y, and Pronovost, PJ. "Teamwork in the operating room: frontline perspectives among hospitals and operating room personnel." Anesthesiology 105, no. 5 (November 2006): 877-884. Full Text
  - Wu, AW, Sexton, JB, and Pronovost, PJ. "Partnership with patients: a prescription for ICU safety." Chest 130, no. 5 (November 2006): 1291-1293. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Berenholtz, SM, Goeschel, CA, Needham, DM, Sexton, JB, Thompson, DA, Lubomski, LH, Marsteller, JA, Makary, MA, and Hunt, E. "Creating high reliability in health care organizations." Health services research 41, no. 4 Pt 2 (August 2006): 1599-1617. Full Text
  - Rose, JS, Thomas, CS, Tersigni, A, Sexton, JB, and Pryor, D. "A leadership framework for culture change in health care." Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 32, no. 8 (August 2006): 433-442. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, Holzmueller, CG, Pronovost, PJ, Thomas, EJ, McFerran, S, Nunes, J, Thompson, DA, Knight, AP, Penning, DH, and Fox, HE. "Variation in caregiver perceptions of teamwork climate in labor and delivery units." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 26, no. 8 (August 2006): 463-470. Full Text
  - Makary, MA, Holzmueller, CG, Sexton, JB, Thompson, DA, Martinez, EA, Freischlag, JA, Ulatowski, JA, Heitmiller, ES, Rowen, L, and Pronovost, PJ. "Operating room debriefings." Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 32, no. 7 (July 2006): 407-357. Full Text
  - Pronovost, P, Holzmueller, CG, Needham, DM, Sexton, JB, Miller, M, Berenholtz, S, Wu, AW, Perl, TM, Davis, R, Baker, D, Winner, L, and Morlock, L. "How will we know patients are safer? An organization-wide approach to measuring and improving safety." Critical care medicine 34, no. 7 (July 2006): 1988-1995. (Review) Full Text
  - Makary, MA, Sexton, JB, Freischlag, JA, Holzmueller, CG, Millman, EA, Rowen, L, and Pronovost, PJ. "Operating room teamwork among physicians and nurses: teamwork in the eye of the beholder." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 202, no. 5 (May 2006): 746-752. Full Text
  - Makary, MA, Sexton, JB, Freischlag, JA, Millman, EA, Pryor, D, Holzmueller, C, and Pronovost, PJ. "Patient safety in surgery." Annals of surgery 243, no. 5 (May 2006): 628-632. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, Helmreich, RL, Neilands, TB, Rowan, K, Vella, K, Boyden, J, Roberts, PR, and Thomas, EJ. "The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research." BMC health services research 6 (April 3, 2006): 44-. Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Sexton, JB, Lasky, RE, Helmreich, RL, Crandell, DS, and Tyson, J. "Teamwork and quality during neonatal care in the delivery room." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 26, no. 3 (March 2006): 163-169. Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Sexton, JB, Neilands, TB, Frankel, A, and Helmreich, RL. "Erratum To: The effect of executive walk rounds on nurse safety climate attitudes: A randomized trial of clinical units [ISRCTN85147255]." BMC Health Services Research 5, no. 1 (December 2005). Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Sexton, JB, Neilands, TB, Frankel, A, and Helmreich, RL. "The effect of executive walk rounds on nurse safety climate attitudes: A randomized trial of clinical units." BMC Health Services Research 5, no. 1 (December 2005). Full Text
  - Pronovost, P, and Sexton, B. "Assessing safety culture: guidelines and recommendations." Quality & safety in health care 14, no. 4 (August 2005): 231-233. Full Text
  - Thompson, D, Holzmueller, C, Hunt, D, Cafeo, C, Sexton, B, and Pronovost, P. "A morning briefing: setting the stage for a clinically and operationally good day." Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 31, no. 8 (August 2005): 476-479. Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Sexton, JB, Neilands, TB, Frankel, A, and Helmreich, RL. "The effect of executive walk rounds on nurse safety climate attitudes: a randomized trial of clinical units[ISRCTN85147255] [corrected]." BMC health services research 5, no. 1 (April 11, 2005): 28-. Full Text
  - Pronovost, P, Sexton, B, and Thompson, D. "Five years after To Err Is Human." Journal of Critical Care 20, no. 1 (March 2005): 76-78. Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Sexton, JB, and Helmreich, RL. "Translating teamwork behaviours from aviation to healthcare: development of behavioural markers for neonatal resuscitation." Quality & safety in health care 13 Suppl 1 (October 2004): i57-i64. Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Sherwood, GD, Mulhollem, JL, Sexton, JB, and Helmreich, RL. "Working together in the neonatal intensive care unit: provider perspectives." Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 24, no. 9 (September 2004): 552-559. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Wu, AW, and Sexton, JB. "Acute decompensation after removing a central line: practical approaches to increasing safety in the intensive care unit." Annals of internal medicine 140, no. 12 (June 2004): 1025-1033. Full Text
  - Pronovost, PJ, Weast, B, Holzmueller, CG, Rosenstein, BJ, Kidwell, RP, Haller, KB, Feroli, ER, Sexton, JB, and Rubin, HR. "Evaluation of the culture of safety: survey of clinicians and managers in an academic medical center." Quality & safety in health care 12, no. 6 (December 2003): 405-410. Full Text
  - Thomas, EJ, Sexton, JB, and Helmreich, RL. "Discrepant attitudes about teamwork among critical care nurses and physicians." Critical care medicine 31, no. 3 (March 2003): 956-959. Full Text
  - Luther, KM, Maguire, L, Mazabob, J, Sexton, JB, Helmreich, RL, and Thomas, E. "Engaging nurses in patient safety." Critical care nursing clinics of North America 14, no. 4 (December 2002): 341-346. Full Text
  - Sexton, JB, and Helmreich, RL. "Analyzing cockpit communications: the links between language, performance, error, and workload." Human performance in extreme environments : the journal of the Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments 5, no. 1 (October 2000): 63-68.
  - Sexton, JB, Thomas, EJ, and Helmreich, RL. "[Error, stress and teamwork in medicine and aviation. A cross-sectional study]." Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen 71, no. 6 (June 2000): suppl 138-42-.
  - Sexton, JB, Thomas, EJ, and Helmreich, RL. "Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 320, no. 7237 (March 2000): 745-749. Full Text
  - Sexton, B, Thomas, E, and Helmreich, RL. "Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: Cross sectional surveys." Ugeskrift for Laeger 162, no. 19 (2000): 2725--.

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