Surgeons' and trainees' perceived self-efficacy in operating theatre non-technical skills

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dc.contributor.authorPena, G.
dc.contributor.authorAltree, M.
dc.contributor.authorField, J.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, M.
dc.contributor.authorHewett, P.
dc.contributor.authorBabidge, W.
dc.contributor.authorMaddern, G.
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractBackground: An important factor that may influence an individual’s performance is self-efficacy, a personal judgement of capability to perform a particular task successfully. This prospective study explored newly qualified surgeons’ and surgical trainees’ self-efficacy in non-technical skills compared with their non-technical skills performance in simulated scenarios. Methods: Participants undertook surgical scenarios challenging non-technical skills in two simulation sessions 6 weeks apart. Some participants attended a non-technical skills workshop between sessions. Participants completed pretraining and post-training surveys about their perceived self-efficacy in non-technical skills, which were analysed and compared with their performance in surgical scenarios in two simulation sessions. Change in performance between sessions was compared with any change in participants’ perceived self-efficacy. Results: There were 40 participants in all, 17 of whom attended the non-technical skills workshop. There was no significant difference in participants’ self-efficacy regarding non-technical skills from the pretraining to the post-training survey. However, there was a tendency for participants with the highest reported self-efficacy to adjust their score downwards after training and for participants with the lowest self-efficacy to adjust their score upwards. Although there was significant improvement in non-technical skills performance from the first to second simulation sessions, a correlation between participants’ self-efficacy and performance in scenarios in any of the comparisons was not found. Conclusion: The results suggest that new surgeons and surgical trainees have poor insight into their non-technical skills. Although it was not possible to correlate participants’ self-belief in their abilities directly with their performance in a simulation, in general they became more critical in appraisal of their abilities as a result of the intervention.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityG. Pena, M. Altree, J.Field, M.J.W.Thomas, P.Hewett, W. Babidge, and G. J. Maddern
dc.identifier.citationBritish Journal of Surgery, 2015; 102(6):708-715
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/bjs.9787
dc.identifier.issn0007-1323
dc.identifier.issn1365-2168
dc.identifier.orcidPena, G. [0000-0002-9653-8301]
dc.identifier.orcidBabidge, W. [0000-0002-7063-7192]
dc.identifier.orcidMaddern, G. [0000-0003-2064-181X]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/91689
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rights© 2015 BJS Society Ltd Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9787
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectRetrospective Studies
dc.subjectSelf Efficacy
dc.subjectPsychometrics
dc.subjectEducation, Medical, Continuing
dc.subjectClinical Competence
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectWorkplace
dc.subjectOperating Rooms
dc.subjectSouth Australia
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectGeneral Surgery
dc.subjectSurveys and Questionnaires
dc.titleSurgeons' and trainees' perceived self-efficacy in operating theatre non-technical skills
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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