Surgeons' non-technical skills in the operating room: reliability testing of the NOTSS behavior rating system.

Steven Yule; Rhona Flin; Nicola Maran; David Rowley; George G Youngson; Simon Paterson-Brown

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Surgeons' non-technical skills in the operating room: reliability testing of the NOTSS behavior rating system.

March 5, 2008

Yule S, Flin R, Maran N, et al. World J Surg. 2008;32(4):548-56.

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This study describes the use of a tool used by surgeons to measure non-technical and behavioral skills of their fellow surgeons in the operating room.

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