Training and Assessment of Nontechnical Skills in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Current Literature Review

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Journal of Surgical Education Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI:10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103480

Chinedu C. Okoli MBBS, MSc , Obieze C. Nwanna-Nzewunwa MBBS, MS , Scott Buchanan MD

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Abstract

Background

This review explores the surgical and psychological literature on cardiothoracic (CT) surgeons’ intraoperative nontechnical skills (NTS). Successful task performance depends on the seamless integration of technical skills (TS) and NTS. This paper aims to identify the training and assessment modalities for NTS in cardiothoracic surgery (CTS).

Methods

PubMed, Cochrane Library, BioMed Central, Medline, EDINA BIOSIS, Web-of-Knowledge, PsychINFO, and ScienceDirect were searched through to December 2023. Additionally, a manual search of the referenced work of each included article and relevant reviews in PubMed were performed to avoid missing any important data. Original research articles were included if they described NTS training modalities and their assessment in cardiac or thoracic surgeries. Exclusion criteria included any study without full-text availability, non–peer-reviewed publications, studies without extractable data, and duplicates. Retrieved articles were screened, and data extracted in duplicate by 2 independent reviewers.

Results

The literature search found 371 relevant references related to cardiothoracic surgery, 17 articles were included in this literature review, and 12 training tools were identified.

Conclusions

This review demonstrates the need for additional work to create reliable training and assessment methods for NTS in CTS.

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来源期刊

Journal of Surgical Education EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-SURGERY

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

10.30%

发文量

261

审稿时长

48 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Surgical Education (JSE) is dedicated to advancing the field of surgical education through original research. The journal publishes research articles in all surgical disciplines on topics relative to the education of surgical students, residents, and fellows, as well as practicing surgeons. Our readers look to JSE for timely, innovative research findings from the international surgical education community. As the official journal of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), JSE publishes the proceedings of the annual APDS meeting held during Surgery Education Week.