title: Interprofessional non-technical skills for surgeons in disaster response: a literature review.
abstract: Natural disasters impose a significant burden on society. Current disaster training programmes do not place an emphasis on equipping surgeons with non-technical skills for disaster response. This literature review sought to identify non-technical skills required of surgeons in disaster response through an examination of four categories of literature: "disaster"; "surgical"; "organisational management"; and "interprofessional". Literature search criteria included electronic database searches, internet searches, hand searching, ancestry searching and networking strategies. Various potential non-technical skills for surgeons in disaster response were identified including: interpersonal skills such as communication, teamwork and leadership; cognitive strategies such flexibility, adaptability, innovation, improvisation and creativity; physical and psychological self-care; conflict management, collaboration, professionalism, health advocacy and teaching. Such skills and the role of interprofessionalism should be considered for inclusion in surgical disaster response training course curricula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia.
authors.forename: Anneliese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waxman
authors.forename: Andrew K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bacon
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitto
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004190:Disasters; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team