Human factors training for core surgical trainees: The Severn experience

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s / International Journal of Surgery 11 (2013) 686e745 689 ABSTRACTS 0258: HUMAN FACTORS TRAINING FOR CORE SURGICAL TRAINEES: THE SEVERN EXPERIENCE Mark Jones , Henry Burnand , Jonathan Mutimer , Robert Longman , Steve Mitchell . University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, UK; Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucestershire, UK; Cheltenham Hospital, Cheltenham, UK. Aim: Human factors training has an increasing role to play in enhancing patient safety and reducing medical errors. We report the implementation of a human factors course in the Severn Deanery with the aim to familiarise junior surgeons with the non-technical skills required for their surgical career Method: Since 2009, Severn School of Surgery has developed a compulsory human factors course specifically for core surgical trainees. At the regional simulation centre, the day consists of lectures followed by 30minute simulation scenarios based around the taxonomy of surgeons' nontechnical skills: situation awareness, clinical decision making, communication, and team working and leadership skills. Faculty for the day comprises previous course participants at both consultant and trainee level (CT1-ST7). Results: Post-course evaluation has shown that the human factors teaching would change the practice of 91% of participating trainees and that all (n1⁄433) perceived the skills they had learned on the course as transferable to their day-to-day work. Conclusion: Currently Severn is the only deanery to offer human factors training for core surgical trainees. Given the importance of reducing human error, human factors training for junior trainees has a vital place in core surgical training and is highly recommended to other deaneries. 0284: TRAINEE PERCEPTIONS OF UPWARD FEEDBACK IN GENERAL SURGERY Paul Barrow, Stevie Agius, Paul Baker. NHS North Western Deanery,