Enhancing Surgical Performance A Primer in Non-technical Skills [Paperback]

Enhancing Surgical Performance: A Primer in Non-Technical Skillsexplains why non-technical skills are vital for safe and effective performance in the operating theatre. The book provides a full account, with supporting empirical evidence, of the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) system and behavioural rating framework, which helps identify the key elements involved in successful operative surgery.

The editors spent the last twelve years as part of the team developing and testing the NOTSS system and delivering presentations and workshops across the world. Readers will benefit by having, in one accessible handbook, a description of the NOTSS system and how it can be used for training, assessment, self-reflection and event analysis.

The book also examines human error, performance limitations, and global safety initiatives in surgery. Because it encourages surgeons to reflect on their own performance and behaviour, it is suitable for surgeons in all specialties and at all levels.

SURGICAL PERFORMANCE: RECOGNITION OF THE CHALLENGE

Intraoperative Performance, NonTechnical Skills and Surgical Safety
Introduction
Surgical Skills
Non-Technical Skills
What Non-Technical Skills Are Not
Factors Influencing Surgical Performance
Surgical Error
About this Book

Human Factors: The Science Behind NonTechnical Skills
Introduction
Human Factors Science
Evolution of Non-Technical Skills
Non-Technical Skills for Pilots
NOTECHS: Non-Technical Skills for Pilots
Non-Technical Skills in Other Industries
Non-Technical Skills in Health Care
Summary

Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons: The NOTSS Behaviour Marker System
Overview
NOTSS System
Using NOTSS
Underpinning Theory of Non-Technical Skills
Non-Technical lí