Surgeons’ Non‐technical Skills in the Operating Room: Reliability Testing of the NOTSS Behavior Rating System

Yule, Steven; Flin, Rhona; Maran, Nicola; Rowley, David; Youngson, George; Paterson‐Brown, Simon

doi:10.1007/s00268-007-9320-z

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Surgeons’ Non‐technical Skills in the Operating Room: Reliability Testing of the NOTSS Behavior Rating System

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Authors:

Steven Yule

Rhona Flin

Nicola Maran

Abstract

Abstract Background Previous research has shown that surgeons’ intraoperative non‐technical skills are related to surgical outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the NOTSS (Non‐technical Skills for Surgeons) behavior rating system. Based on task analysis, the system incor...

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