Development of a rating system for surgeons' non-technical skills.

BACKGROUND: Analyses of adverse events in surgery reveal that many underlying causes are behavioural, such as communication failure, rather than technical. Non-technical (i.e. cognitive and interpersonal) skills are not addressed explicitly in surgical training. However, surgeons need to demonstrate...

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Published in:Medical Education Vol. 40; no. 11; pp. 1098 - 1105
Main Authors: Yule S, Flin R, Paterson-Brown S, Maran N, Rowley D
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2006
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