Effect of mental rehearsal on team performance and non-technical skills in surgical teams: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simulation-based training in medical education has become a common method to develop both technical and non-technical skills in teams. Mental rehearsal (MR) is the cognitive act of simulating a task in our heads to pre-experience tasks imaginatively. It has been used widely to improve individual and collective performance in fields outside healthcare, and offers potential for more efficient training in time-pressured surgical and medical team contexts. This study aimed to review the available literature to determine the impact of MR on team performance and non-technical skills in healthcare.

Methods

MEDLINE, Embase, British Educational Index, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycInfo and Cochrane databases were searched for the period 1994-2018. The primary outcome measure

SUBMITTER: Gabbott B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature