Exploring situational awareness in emergency medicine: Developing a shared mental model to enhance training and assessment

TY - JOUR

T1 - Exploring situational awareness in emergency medicine

T2 - Developing a shared mental model to enhance training and assessment

AU - Lowe, David J.

AU - Ireland, Alastair J.

AU - Ross, Al

AU - Ker, Jean

PY - 2016/11

Y1 - 2016/11

N2 - Non-technical skills (NTS) are gaining increasing prominence within the field of emergency medicine. Situational awareness (SA), one key component of NTS, is a key skill for emergency physicians (EPs) during initial training and throughout their career. Furthermore, the majority of frameworks used to evaluate clinical performance incorporate SA as one key component. This review seeks to define and explore the concept of SA within the context of emergency medicine. We describe SA at an individual, team and departmental level. Development of this ability enables EPs to function effectively within the challenging environment of the emergency department (ED). Enhancing our understanding of SA may develop the cognitive process that underpins our clinical performance. We propose a model for consideration to support evaluation and training of SA within the ED, linking the model to the novice expert continuum.

AB - Non-technical skills (NTS) are gaining increasing prominence within the field of emergency medicine. Situational awareness (SA), one key component of NTS, is a key skill for emergency physicians (EPs) during initial training and throughout their career. Furthermore, the majority of frameworks used to evaluate clinical performance incorporate SA as one key component. This review seeks to define and explore the concept of SA within the context of emergency medicine. We describe SA at an individual, team and departmental level. Development of this ability enables EPs to function effectively within the challenging environment of the emergency department (ED). Enhancing our understanding of SA may develop the cognitive process that underpins our clinical performance. We propose a model for consideration to support evaluation and training of SA within the ED, linking the model to the novice expert continuum.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84966440040

U2 - 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133772

DO - 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133772

M3 - Article

C2 - 27129912

AN - SCOPUS:84966440040

SN - 0032-5473

VL - 92

SP - 653

EP - 658

JO - Postgraduate Medical Journal

JF - Postgraduate Medical Journal

IS - 1093

ER -