OTAS: Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery
The Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) was developed to measure the quality of teamwork and interactions in the operating theatre. The tool assesses teamwork-related task checklists and teamwork-related behaviors. It can be used to provide a way to benchmark good teamwork skills and to guide formative feedback and debriefing in clinical practice.
The Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery tool has 15 items with a 7-point scale and is used to measure the quality of teamwork and interaction in the operating theatre. The tool assesses teamwork-related task checklists and teamwork-related behaviors.
This tool is available as Figure 1 (p. 236) in: Hull, L., Arora, S., Kassab, E., Kneebone, R., and Sevdalis, N. (2011). Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery: Content validation and Tool Refinement. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 212(2), 234-243. Copyright © 2010 American College of Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Sevdalis, N., Lyons, M., Healey, A. N., Undre, S., Darzi, A., and Vincent, C. A. (2009). Observational teamwork assessment for surgery: Construct validation with expert versus novice raters. Annals of Surgery, 249(6), 1047-1051. PLEASE NOTE: Only those with paid subscriptions to the Wolters Kluwer Health database may access the full text of this copyright-protected article. Contact your institutional library or the publisher for details. |
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| Tool Description |
The Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery tool has 15 items with a 7-point scale and is used to measure the quality of teamwork and interaction in the operating theatre. The tool assesses teamwork-related task checklists and teamwork-related behaviors (Sevdalis et al., 2009) |
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| Country | United States | |
| Setting | Hospital OR | |
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Medicine and Nursing |
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| Sample |
Observations from 12 video recordings of urology surgical procedures |
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| Subscale(s) & Psychometrics | Teamwork-related task checklist (patient tasks; equipment/provisions tasks; communication tasks) |
Construct validity: Significant obtained between expert raters’ scores for 12 of 15 behaviors. All 5 behaviors in preoperative phase (rs =.51 and .77); 4 of 5 behaviors in intra‐operative phase (rs =.62 and .94) 3 of 5 behaviors in postoperative phase rs = .65 and .89). 3 of 15 significant correlations for expert-novice pairs of raters. |
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Teamwork‐related behaviours (communication, cooperation, coordination, leadership, monitoring) |
Construct validity: Significant obtained between expert raters’ scores for 12 of 15 behaviors. All 5 behaviors in preoperative phase (rs =.51 and .77); 4 of 5 behaviors in intra‐operative phase (rs =.62 and .94) 3 of 5 behaviors in postoperative phase rs = .65 and .89). 3 of 15 significant correlations for expert-novice pairs of raters. |
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