Basic concepts for crew resource management and non-technical skills

Rhona Flin; Nikki Maran

doi:10.1016/j.bpa.2015.02.002

Basic concepts for crew resource management and non-technical skills

Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2015 Mar;29(1):27-39. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2015.02.002. Epub 2015 Feb 20.

Authors

Rhona Flin¹, Nikki Maran²

Affiliations

¹ Industrial Psychology Research Centre, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Old Aberdeen, AB243UB, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: r.flin@abdn.ac.uk.
² Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh, EH16, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: nikki.maran@me.com.

PMID: 25902464
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2015.02.002

Abstract

In this paper, we explain the conceptual background to non-technical skills and show how they can influence job performance in anaesthesia. We then describe the taxonomy of anaesthetists' non-technical skills (ANTS) and related systems, such as ANTS-AP for anaesthetic practitioners. We discuss the training courses that have been designed to teach these non-technical skills, which are called crew resource management (CRM), crisis resource management (CRM) or crisis avoidance resource management (CARMA). Finally, we discuss the application of non-technical skills assessment systems.

Keywords: assessment; non-technical skills; training.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesiology / education*
Clinical Competence / standards*
Education, Continuing*
Humans