title: [Surgeons also need non-technical skills].
abstract: Good clinical skills and dexterity alone do not make a good surgeon. Skills in leadership, decision-making, communication and teamwork, so-called non-technical skills, are also needed. Research on the effect of training non-technical skills is sparse but improvement in communication and teamwork has been achieved due to team training. Implementation of a preoperative briefing also improves communication and reduces the number of postoperative complications. Focus should be directed towards the training of surgeons in non-technical skills in order to improve outcome after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Dansk Institut for Medicinsk Simulation, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. lenspa02@heh.regionh.dk
authors.forename: Lene
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spanager
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Østergaard
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D000078329:Workforce