BOA Session
Hall 9
Non-Technical Skills (NOTTs RCSEd) - Part 2
Chair: James Tomlinson
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your understanding of Non Technical skills and gain an initial exposure to the NOTTs taxonomy. High performance in domains of Non Technical skills have been shown to improve patient outcomes and reduce mortality, and these skills are now far more prominent in the updated surgical curricula.
The aim of the NOTTs project was to develop and test an educational system for assessment and training of non-technical skills in the intra-operative phase of surgery. NOTTs is a behaviour rating system based on a skills taxonomy that allows valid and reliable observation and assessment of four categories of surgeons' non-technical skill: situation awareness, decision making, communication & teamwork, and leadership.
These are the essential non-technical skills surgeons need to perform safely in the operating room and NOTTs allows measurement of several ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) competencies, including professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, and systems-based practice. The skills taxonomy can be used to structure training and assessment in this important area of surgical competence.
The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh NOTTs Masterclass is taught around the world. Faculty development has also occurred for groups in North America, East Africa, Japan, Australasia and Malaysia, all of whom now run their own NOTTs courses.
Nigel is a childrens orthopaedic surgeon at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital In Oswestry, Shropshire.
He has a longstanding interest in education. Nigel is an ex FRCS examiner, and was regional TPD west midlands until August 2023. I am a NOTSS faculty member for the West Midlands.
Ali Mehdi, is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Medical Director of Kent and Canterbury Hospital of East Kent University Hospitals Foundation Trust. Previously Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with NHS Borders, Scotland. He served as Vice Chair of the Scottish Health Technologies Council of NHS Health Improvement Scotland, 2021-23. Completed Executive MBA from Warwick Business School in March 2021 with dissertation examining High Performance Healthcare Organisations. Ali has delivered programmes on leadership and medical education methodology internationally and 6 NOTSS sessions in India.
James is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon in Sheffield UK. He has a significant interest in surgical education and training and is Education TPD for Yorkshire & Humber and Deputy Director of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, RCSEd.
He is a member of the NOTSS faculty has taught nationally and internationally on surgical non-technical skills and human factors.
