This review presents the background to the development of the anaesthetists' non-technical
skills (ANTS) taxonomy and behaviour rating tool, which is the first non-technical skills …

BACKGROUND: This review examines the surgical and psychological literature on
surgeons' intraoperative non-technical skills. These are the critical cognitive and …

Many 21st century operations are characterised by teams of workers dealing with significant
risks and complex technology, in competitive, commercially-driven environments. Informed …

Background Analyses of adverse events in surgery reveal that many underlying causes are
behavioural, such as communication failure, rather than technical. Non‐technical (ie …

AIM: To develop a valid, reliable and feasible teamwork assessment measure for emergency
resuscitation team performance. BACKGROUND: Generic and profession specific team …

The aviation domain provides a better analogy for the” temporary” teams that are found in
acute medical specialities than industrial or military teamwork research based on …

Unintended harm to patients in operating theatres is common. Correlations have been
demonstrated between teamwork skills and error rates in theatres. This was a single …

Introduction: The frequency of adverse events in the operating theatre has been linked to the
quality of teamwork and communication. Developing suitable measures of teamwork may …

Objective: This review provides the state of crew resource management (CRM) training
evaluations since the E. Salas, CS Burke, CA Bowers, and KA Wilson (2001) review and …

In this paper, we explain the conceptual background to non-technical skills and show how
they can influence job performance in anaesthesia. We then describe the taxonomy of …