Postgraduate Course: Non-Technical Skills and Team Performance in Healthcare (PSHF11008)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will cover the following topics: - Personnel involved, behavioral markers and taxonomies, team skills, human performance limitation (Non-technical skills and NES based resources). |
| Course description |
This course will cover the following topics: - Personnel involved, behavioral markers and taxonomies, team skills, human performance limitation (Non-technical skills and NES based resources).
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
MVM Online Learning Block 3 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% in course assessment
40% Asynchronous discussion boards.
30% Independent essay. Using the assessment taxonomies of non-technical skills discussed in this course (e.g. NOTSS, ANTS, SPLINTS, PINTS) identify good and poor behaviours for each category relevant to your own specialty. (SCQF 11.1, 11.3)
30% Reflective Portfolio. Using discussion board reflections in this course/module as points of reference, provide a semi-structured report of around 1000 - 1500 words summarising your learning points from this course in relation to your own speciality. (SCQF 11.5).
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% in course assessment
40% Asynchronous discussion boards.
30% Independent essay. Using the assessment taxonomies of non-technical skills discussed in this course (e.g. NOTSS, ANTS, SPLINTS, PINTS) identify good and poor behaviours for each category relevant to your own specialty. (SCQF 11.1, 11.3)
30% Reflective Portfolio. Using discussion board reflections in this course/module as points of reference, provide a semi-structured report of around 1000 - 1500 words summarising your learning points from this course in relation to your own speciality. (SCQF 11.5).
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of the current issues and complexities of the individual skills involved in knowledge accumulation and technical performance, including learning techniques. Students will gain a critical understanding of the principal theories, concepts and principles at the forefront of the field. (SCQF 11.1)
- Be competent in evaluating and synthesising issues at the forefront of the field (SCQF 11.3). They will develop original and creative responses to problems and issues (SCQF 11.3)
- Communicate, using appropriate methods, to a range of audiences with different levels of knowledge/expertise. For example, The Anaesthetic Non-technical skills (ANTS) and Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) behavioural marker systems will be explored to support the understand of the role of non-technical skills, including situation awareness, decision making, task management, communication and leadership in improving technical performance, teamwork and outcomes. (SCQF 11.4)
- Have practical experience in their own workplace setting of demonstrating leadership and making an identifiable contribution to change and development and new thinking (SCQF 11.5)
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Reading List
Enhancing surgical performance: a primer for non-technical skills by Rhona Flin, George Youngson and Steve Yule
Safer Healthcare: strategies for the real world by Vincent and Amalberti (Springer 2016)
Training and Assessing Non-Technical Skills: A Practical Guide by Matthew Thomas (CRC Press 2017)
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Penguin 2005) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | individual and team skills |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr You-Ying Chau
Tel: (0131) 242 6733
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Dawn Shennan
Tel: 0131 242 6478
Email: |
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