Course Date: 17th June 2010
Course Duration: 2 days
Location: Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price:
£370.00 Early Bird Fee if booked prior to 30th April 2010
£400.00 from 1st May 2010
Course objectives:
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
1.Demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of non-technical skills and error management to surgical performance
2.Observe and discuss examples of good and poor behaviours in the operating theatre
3.Use a taxonomy of non-technical skills (NOTSS)
4.Rate behaviours using the NOTSS rating scale
5.Provide structured feedback to trainees/ other consultant surgeons based on observations
6.Discuss how non-technical failures can lead to poor clinical outcomes
Target audience:
All Consultant Surgeons & Higher Surgical Trainees for all specialties
Topics covered:
Registration, coffee And pre-course questionnaire
09.30 – 11.00 Welcome
Introduction to human factors and surgical safety
Exercise 1: Observing behaviours
in the operating theatre
11.00 – 13.00 Introduction to the NOTSS system
The science of behaviour rating
Exercise 2: Situation awareness
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Exercise 3: Decision making
15.00 – 17.00 Exercise 4: Rating cognitive skills and discussion
Day 2 Module
08.30 – 09.00 Coffee
09.00 – 11.00 Exercise 5: Communication & teamwork
11.00 – 13.00 Exercise 6: Leadership
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.30 Exercise 7: Rating social skills and discussion
Exercise 8: Debriefing skills using NOTSS for
surgical trainers
15.30 – 16.30 Exercise 9 : Using NOTSS in the operating theatre
to observe, rate and debrief
16.30 – 17.00 Closing remarks and course evaluation
Language:
English
CME points:
12
Contact person name: Laura Whytock
Contact person phone: 0131 668 9238
On-line booking hyperlink: http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/site/CMD=BR/CRSDEFID=232/524/default.aspx
Contact person email: l.whytock@rcsed.ac.uk
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