Effects of a Brief Team Training Program on Surgical Teams' Nontechnical Skills: An Interrupted Time-Series Study

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Gillespie, Brigid M
Harbeck, Emma
Kang, Evelyn
Steel, Catherine
Fairweather, Nicole
Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak
Chaboyer, Wendy
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2017
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Background: Up to 60% of adverse events in surgery are the result of
poor communication and teamwork. Nontechnical skills in surgery
(NOTSS) are critical to the success of surgery and patient safety. The study
aim was to evaluate the effect of a brief team training intervention on teams'
observed NOTSS.
Methods: Pretest-posttest interrupted time-series design with statistical
process control analysis was used to detect longitudinal changes in teams'
NOTSS. We evaluated NOTSS using the revised NOTECHS weekly for
20 to 25 weeks before and after implementation of a team training program.
Results: We observed 179 surgical ...
View more >Background: Up to 60% of adverse events in surgery are the result of poor communication and teamwork. Nontechnical skills in surgery (NOTSS) are critical to the success of surgery and patient safety. The study aim was to evaluate the effect of a brief team training intervention on teams' observed NOTSS. Methods: Pretest-posttest interrupted time-series design with statistical process control analysis was used to detect longitudinal changes in teams' NOTSS. We evaluated NOTSS using the revised NOTECHS weekly for 20 to 25 weeks before and after implementation of a team training program. Results: We observed 179 surgical procedures with cardiac, vascular, upper gastrointestinal, and hepatobiliary teams. Mean posttest NOTECHS scores increased across teams, showing special cause variation. There were also significant before and after improvements in NOTECHS scores in respect to professional role and in the use of the Surgical Safety Checklist. Conclusions: Our results suggest associated improvements in teams' NOTSS after implementation of the team training program. Key Words: teamwork, intervention, patient safety, operatin
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View more >Background: Up to 60% of adverse events in surgery are the result of poor communication and teamwork. Nontechnical skills in surgery (NOTSS) are critical to the success of surgery and patient safety. The study aim was to evaluate the effect of a brief team training intervention on teams' observed NOTSS. Methods: Pretest-posttest interrupted time-series design with statistical process control analysis was used to detect longitudinal changes in teams' NOTSS. We evaluated NOTSS using the revised NOTECHS weekly for 20 to 25 weeks before and after implementation of a team training program. Results: We observed 179 surgical procedures with cardiac, vascular, upper gastrointestinal, and hepatobiliary teams. Mean posttest NOTECHS scores increased across teams, showing special cause variation. There were also significant before and after improvements in NOTECHS scores in respect to professional role and in the use of the Surgical Safety Checklist. Conclusions: Our results suggest associated improvements in teams' NOTSS after implementation of the team training program. Key Words: teamwork, intervention, patient safety, operatin
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Journal Title
Journal of Patient Safety
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© 2017 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Journal of Patient Safety. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
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Health services and systems
Public health