The reliability and usability of the Anesthesiologists' Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) system in simulation research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-technical skills (NTS) such as leadership and team work are important in providing good quality of care. One system to assess physicians' NTS is the Anesthesiologists' Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) system. The present study evaluates the ANTS system on the interrater reliability and usability for research purposes.

Methods

Ten anesthesiologists and 20 anesthesiology residents performed two resuscitation scenarios (with and without the presence of distractors) in a simulation room with a full-scale patient simulator. The scenarios were videotaped. Two independent raters rated the NTS of the anesthesiologists using the ANTS system. The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated to determine the interrater reliability of both the total NTS score and

SUBMITTER: Zwaan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5806494 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature