This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
Training situational awareness to reduce surgical errors in the operating room. BJS 2015; 102: 16-23.
Published: 9th October 2014
Authors: M. Graafland, J. M. C. Schraagen, M. A. Boermeester, W. A. Bemelman, M. P. Schijven
Background
Surgical errors result from faulty decision‐making, misperceptions and the application of suboptimal problem‐solving strategies, just as often as they result from technical failure. To date, surgical training curricula have focused mainly on the acquisition of technical skills. The aim of this review was to assess the validity of methods for improving situational awareness in the surgical theatre.
Method
A search was conducted in
Results
Nine articles were considered eligible. These evaluated surgical team crisis training in simulated environments for minimally invasive surgery (4) and open surgery (3), and training courses focused at training non‐technical skills (2). Two studies showed that simulation‐based surgical team crisis training has construct validity for assessing situational awareness in surgical trainees in minimally invasive surgery. None of the studies showed effectiveness of surgical crisis training on situational awareness in open surgery, whereas one showed face validity of a 2‐day non‐technical skills training course.
Conclusion
To improve safety in the operating theatre, more attention to situational awareness is needed in surgical training. Few structured curricula have been developed and validation research remains limited. Strategies to improve situational awareness can be adopted from other industries.
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