Christina Stevenson1, Avneesh Bhangu2, James J Jung3, Aidan MacDonald4, Brodie Nolan5. 1. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada. Electronic address: christina.stevenson@mail.utoronto.ca. 2. School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, 15 Arch St, Kingston, ON, K7L 3L4, Canada. Electronic address: abhangu@qmed.ca. 3. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1T8, Canada; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada; Codman Center of Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, United States. Electronic address: james.jung@mail.utoronto.ca. 4. Department of Biological Sciences, Bishop's University, 2600 College St, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1M 1Z7, Canada. Electronic address: Amacdonald18@ubishops.ca. 5. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1T8, Canada; Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, 36 Queen St E, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. Electronic address: brodie.nolan@mail.utoronto.ca.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Conduct a scoping review to critically appraise the development and summarize the evidence on the measurement properties of T-NOTECHS including sensibility, reliability, and validity. METHODS: A literature search was performed using Pubmed and Ovid databases. Studies that described the development process of T-NOTECHS and primary studies that presented evidence of reliability and validity were identified and included. Measurement properties of T-NOTECHS was assessed and summarized under the following: scale development, sensibility, reliability, and validity. RESULTS: The literature search yielded 245 articles with 24 studies meeting inclusion criteria. The T-NOTECHS was developed with an acceptable robust methodology. It has good sensibility with adequate content, face validity, and feasibility. It is a reliable measure of non-technical skills in the setting of trauma video review, which improves with expert raters or extensive training. The T-NOTECHS is a valid discriminative and evaluative instrument that measures non-technical skills of multidisciplinary trauma teams. CONCLUSIONS: T-NOTECHS provides reliable and valid measurements of non-technical skills of trauma teams, particularly when assessing trauma video review and non-technical skills training interventions by expert raters.
PURPOSE: Conduct a scoping review to critically appraise the development and summarize the evidence on the measurement properties of T-NOTECHS including sensibility, reliability, and validity. METHODS: A literature search was performed using Pubmed and Ovid databases. Studies that described the development process of T-NOTECHS and primary studies that presented evidence of reliability and validity were identified and included. Measurement properties of T-NOTECHS was assessed and summarized under the following: scale development, sensibility, reliability, and validity. RESULTS: The literature search yielded 245 articles with 24 studies meeting inclusion criteria. The T-NOTECHS was developed with an acceptable robust methodology. It has good sensibility with adequate content, face validity, and feasibility. It is a reliable measure of non-technical skills in the setting of trauma video review, which improves with expert raters or extensive training. The T-NOTECHS is a valid discriminative and evaluative instrument that measures non-technical skills of multidisciplinary trauma teams. CONCLUSIONS: T-NOTECHS provides reliable and valid measurements of non-technical skills of trauma teams, particularly when assessing trauma video review and non-technical skills training interventions by expert raters.