Table 2.

Perceived importance and difficulty of different NTS items

	Importance	Difficulty
	(Scale 1–5)a	(Scale 1–5)a
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Communication	4.8 (0.4)	1.9 (1.0)
Teamwork	4.6 (0.6)	2.0 (0.9)
Situation awareness	4.5 (0.7)	2.6 (1.1)
Leadership	4.4 (0.7)	1.8 (0.8)
Decision-making	4.4 (0.7)	2.0 (1.0)
Attitudes	3.9 (0.8)	2.5 (1.2)
Task management	3.8 (0.8)	1.9 (0.8)
Risk management	3.8 (0.8)	2.9 (1.0)
Coping with stress and fatigue	3.7 (0.8)	3.1 (1.1)

^aScale: (1) not at all, (2) slightly, (3) moderately, (4) very and (5) extremely important/difficult