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. 2021 Apr 10;21(8):2666. doi: 10.3390/s21082666

Table 3.

Behavioral rating systems in traditional surgery compared to ICARS, the only established non-technical skill assessment metric particularly for RAMIS [21,22].

Revised NOTECHS NOTSS OTAS ICARS
Date 2008 2006 2006 2017
Reference [100] [101] [102] [22]
Non-technical skills
  • Communication and interaction

  • Situational awareness

  • Team skills

  • Leadership and management

  • Decision making

  • Situational awareness

  • Decision making

  • Task management

  • Leadership

  • Communication

  • Teamwork

  • Task checklist

  • Shared monitoring

  • Communication

  • Cooperation

  • Coordination

  • Shared leadership

  • Communication and teamwork

  • Leadership

  • Decision making

  • Situational awareness

  • Cope with stress and distractors

Content validity
Construct validity
Inter-rater reliability
Sensitivity n.a. not acceptable
in some
categories
n.a. n.a.
Feasibility ✓ (especially for self-assessment) limited to
certain
procedures