Reliability of a revised NOTECHS scale for use in surgical teams

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Sevdalis, Nick ^a,b   Davis, Rachel ^a   Koutantji, Mary ^a   Undre, Shabnam ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Vincent, Charles A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NOTECHS; reliability analysis; Surgical education; surgical simulation; surgical training

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AVIATION; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON TECHNICAL SKILLS SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL NURSING; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGERY;

EID: 47049113139     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.070     Document Type: Article

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