OBJECTIVES The skill set required for junior doctors to work efficiently and safely Out of Hours (OoH) in hospitals has not been established. This is despite the OoH period representing 75% of the year and it being the time of highest mortality. We set out to explore the expectations of medical students and experiences of junior doctors of the non-technical skills needed to work OoH. DESIGN S...

Trauma resuscitation is a complex situation, and most organisations have multi-professional trauma teams. Non-technical skills are challenged during trauma resuscitation, and they play an important role in the prevention of critical incidents. Simulation-based training of these is recommended. Our research question was: Does simulation-based trauma team training of non-technical skills have eff...

Technical skills, even for technical positions, are insufficient for subsequent success beyond an entry-level position, since it usually requires proficiency in soft-skills areas such as: communication, leadership, conflict resolution and self-management, amongst others. Hence, helping technical students to develop and improve such soft-skills areas is of real need, and that is why generic comp...