Title
Nontechnical skills training in cardiothoracic surgery: A pilot study.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-4-2021
Publication Title
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Keywords
washington; seattle; swedish
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The importance of nontechnical skills in surgery is widely recognized. We demonstrate the feasibility of administering and assessing the results of a formal Non-Technical Skills in Surgery (NOTSS) curriculum to cardiothoracic surgery residents.
METHODS: Eight cardiothoracic surgery residents participated in the NOTSS curriculum. They were assessed on their cognitive (situation awareness, decision-making) and social (communication and teamwork, leadership) skills based on simulated vignettes. The residents underwent pretraining NOTSS assessments followed by self-administered confidence ratings regarding the 4 skills. Subsequently, a formal NOTSS lecture was delivered and additional readings from the NOTSS textbook was assigned. A month later, the residents returned for post-training NOTSS assessments and self-administered confidence ratings. Changes across days (or within-day before vs after curriculum) were assessed using Wilcoxon signed rank test.
RESULTS: There was a significant improvement in the overall NOTSS assessment score (P = .01) as well as in the individual categories (situation awareness, P = .02; decision-making, P = .02; communication and teamwork, P = .01; leadership, P = .02). There was also an increase in resident self-perception of improvement on the post-training day (P = .01).
CONCLUSIONS: We have developed a simulation-based NOTSS curriculum in cardiothoracic surgery that can be formally integrated into the current residency education. This pilot study indicates the feasibility of reproducible assessments by course educators and self-assessments by participating residents in nontechnical skills competencies.
Clinical Institute
Cardiovascular (Heart)
Department
Cardiology
Department
Surgery
Recommended Citation
Kim, Juka S; Hernandez, Roland A; Smink, Douglas S; Yule, Steven; Jackson, Nicholas J; Shemin, Richard J; and Kwon, Murray H, "Nontechnical skills training in cardiothoracic surgery: A pilot study." (2021). Articles, Abstracts, and Reports. 4611.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/publications/4611