Non-technical skills for surgeons
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-5815.2020.02.001
- VernacularTitle: 外科领域的非外科技术问题值得重视
- Author:
Hongchi JIANG
1
;
Jingjing HUANG
Author Information
1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
Surgical procedures, operative;
Non-technical skills
- From:
Chinese Journal of Surgery
2020;58(2):81-84
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The rapid development of professional technology not only brings great benefits to patients, but also reveals the problem of non-technical skills. Technical competence is not enough to avoid the occurrence of adverse medical events or to get optimal post-operative outcomes. The development of technology is endless, we are desperate in need of non-technical skills, such as situation awareness, decision making, communication and teamwork, leadership. The only way we could achieve in the assistance of the perfect surgical operation with the combination of excellent surgical techniques and solid non-technical skills, and therefore relieve the patients as much as possible.
