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. 2015 Sep 3;2015:494827. doi: 10.1155/2015/494827

Table 1.

Teamwork assessment tools and the types of validity established in the surgical environment.

Assessment tool name Domains assessed Scoring system Types of validity established
OTAS Communication, cooperation, coordination, shared leadership, and team monitoring & situation awareness 7-point Likert scale and generic checklist Construct [11] and content [12]

NOTSS Situation awareness, decision-making, communication & teamwork, and leadership 4-point numeric scale Face [13], content [13, 14], concurrent [15], and construct [13, 14]

NOTECHS Leadership & management, teamwork & cooperation, problem-solving & decision-making, and situation awareness 4-point numeric scale Concurrent [16], convergent [16], face [16], content [16], and construct [16]

ANTS Task management, team-working, situation awareness, and decision-making 5-point numeric scale Content [17]

MSF Clinical care, good medical practice, learning & teaching, and teamwork & communication 3-point Likert scale and 3-point GSS Content [18], face [18], and concurrent [19]

CbD Medical record keeping, clinical assessment, diagnostic skills, patient management, leadership, clinical judgement, communication & team-working skills, and reflection 3-point Likert scale and 5-point GSS None

EBSTAF Communication, knowledge, clinical skills, teamwork, and technical skills 3-point Likert scale Construct [20] and concurrent [21]

SPLINTS Communication & teamwork, situation awareness, and task management 4-point Likert scale Content [22]

OTAS, Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery; NOTSS, Nontechnical Skills for Surgeons; NOTECHS, Oxford

Nontechnical Skills; ANTS, Anaesthetists' Nontechnical Skills; MSF, Multisource Feedback; EBSTAF, Edinburgh Basic

Surgical Training Assessment Form; SPLINTS, Scrub Practitioners' List of Nontechnical Skills; GSS, Global Summary Score.

Construct and face validities established in other medical specialties.