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Table 2 (abstract A9). Summary of findings

From: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine

Domain

Junior Surgeons

F1-ST2

Junior Registrars

ST3-ST5

Senior Registrars

ST6-ST8

All Registrars

Consultants

Number of respondents

18

16

52

68

123

Aware of definition for human factors

17%

38%

35%

35%

41%

Believes failures in NTS contributes most to adverse events in surgery

61%

82%

75%

77%

74%

Believes NTS is equally or more important than technical skills

89%

100%

92%

94%

95%

Are aware of NOTSS

39%

94%

87%

88%

72%

Has used NOTSS in practice

0%

33%

41%

39%

42%

Has had positive experience with NOTSS

NA

60%

73%

71%

74%

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