Non-technical skills needed by medical disaster responders- a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no universal agreement on what competence in disaster medicine is, nor what competences and personal attributes add value for disaster responders. Some studies suggest that disaster responders need not only technical skills but also non-technical skills. Consensus of which non-technical skills are needed and how training for these can be provided is lacking, and little is known about how to apply knowledge of non-technical skills in the recruitment of disaster responders. Therefore, this scoping review aimed to identify the non-technical skills required for the disaster medicine response.

Method

A scooping review using the Arksey & O´Malley framework was performed. Structured searches in the databases PuBMed, CINAHL Full Plus, Web of Science, PsycInfo and

SUBMITTER: Westman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10988843 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature