Patient Safety in Theatre Teams – A Practical Approach to Human Factors

This new multi – professional course has been specifically designed for the theatre team and would ideally comprise of a surgeon, an anaesthetist, scrub nurse and ODP. Utilising the newly opened facilities, which include a team skills training theatre, the course focuses on the non – technical skills, or human factors, of the team in order to maximise the safety of patients and the clinical success of operations. By using simulated mannequins and multimedia facilities, the course will be largely practical with each team being involved in a number of theatre – based scenarios and the feedback designed to help each individual team member work more effectively with their colleagues and as a team.

Date: 25 - 26 March 2010	Fee: See below
Held at: The Royal College of Surgeons of England	Status: Course Full
Contact: education@rcseng.ac.uk or call: 020 7869 6300	Application Form

Convenor

Mr Liam Horgan

Operating Theatre Team Tutor

The faculty will reflect the key areas of surgery, anaesthesia, nursing and perioperative practice so that the whole team is represented as much as possible.

Level

Open to surgical trainees, consultant surgeons, anaesthetists, theatre nursing and technical staff (ie: scrub nurse/first assistant and anaesthetic practitioner/ODP)

Content

In addition to, and as part of the theatre-based scenarios, the following topics will be covered:

• Outline of the patient safety agenda
• The role of human factors within the surgical environment
• The WHO checklist
• Recognition of how errors occur and how to minimise them
• Identification of factors affecting performance and decision-making ability
• Principles of team working and leadership
• The impact of personality on teams
• Using reflection and feedback to improve practice
  

Participants will be required to do some pre-course reading and viewing of a DVD in order to gain a basic understanding of human factors which will provide a basis for further discussion during the course.

Fee

The fee of £2000 covers up to four members of the team and is expected be paid by the Trust rather than by individuals.

In the event that payment is not paid by the Trust, a team payment of £2K can be made by a single payment to either a credit/ debit card or by cheque.