The UCH Education Centre

Non-technical Skills for Theatre Teams

This FREE* simulation-based course at University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust introduces non-technical skills for theatre teams to enhance patient safety.

Operating theatres and interventional settings are often highly pressured environments with members of the team originating from different professional backgrounds having to work together effectively to perform safe surgery / intervention.  Adverse events are often attributed to poor communication, teamwork and other non-technical skills.

This full immersion simulation programme is designed for all members of the surgical team including nurses, anaesthetists, surgeons and operating department practitioners.

The course aims to promote an understanding of:

• Inter-professional working
• The theories and evidence relating to adverse events in operating theatres or interventional settings
• An awareness of Human Factors and the role of non-technical skills in improving individual and team performance
• Utilising tools and cognitive aids such as the WHO surgical safety checklist to reduce error and improve safety
• Utilising tools and cognitive aids such as the WHO surgical safety checklist to reduce error and improve safety

Eligibility criteria: For only North Central and East London Trainees. Costs: This course is free to attendees who meet the eligibility criteria.

03/06/2019 to 24/06/2019

Monday 3rd June 2019 - £0.00
Monday 24th June 2019 - £0.00

Dr Sarah Chieveley-Williams - Consultant Anaesthetist & Director of Clinical Simulation UCLH