ENDO 1371 - The Art of Team Work and Professional Skills

Credits: 3

This course introduces Human Factors science as applied to the system of care, teaching students about the skills needed to function effectively and safely in teams in a modern surgical environment. The course covers the background psychology of interpersonal interactions and evidence from other industries on the barriers to safe and effective team communications loops, use of checklists and standard operating procedures, how to deal with team dysfunction, leadership, followership, effective briefing and debriefing, models of risk and error in health care, and the principles of risk minimization in systems involving humans.

Lecture: 3
Lab: 0