title: Basic concepts for crew resource management and non-technical skills.
abstract: In this paper, we explain the conceptual background to non-technical skills and show how they can influence job performance in anaesthesia. We then describe the taxonomy of anaesthetists' non-technical skills (ANTS) and related systems, such as ANTS-AP for anaesthetic practitioners. We discuss the training courses that have been designed to teach these non-technical skills, which are called crew resource management (CRM), crisis resource management (CRM) or crisis avoidance resource management (CARMA). Finally, we discuss the application of non-technical skills assessment systems.
authors.affiliation: Industrial Psychology Research Centre, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Old Aberdeen, AB243UB, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: r.flin@abdn.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Rhona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh, EH16, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: nikki.maran@me.com.
authors.forename: Nikki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maran
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans
keywords: assessment; non-technical skills; training