The online Master degree program “MasterOnline Physico-Technical Medicine” is an offer of continued medical education for medical professionals. In 2012 the study program was evaluated in a questionnaire. Students of the second semester were comfortable with the workload, the study content, and the medical relevance of the content. Their overall rating of the lectures was very positive.

OBJECTIVES We sought to clarify how large a proportion of fatal medical accidents can be considered to be caused by poor non-technical skills, and to support development of a policy to reduce number of such accidents by making recommendations about possible training requirements. DESIGN Summaries of reports of fatal medical accidents, published by the Japan Medical Safety Research Organizatio...

The provision of health services implicitly involves an emotional load linked to the specific task / service, which, if extended for long periods time, falls on operators, placing them in a burn-out risk. Various theories and empirical studies (Mayo, 1933; Maslow, 1943; Herzberg, 1959; Vroom, 1964; Alderfer, 1969; Fontana, 1997; McClellant, 1985) reveal how "motivated" work performances generat...

Software development managers recognize that project teams need to be developed and managed. Although technical skills are necessary, non-technical (NT) skills are equally necessary for project success. There are several tools that assist in measuring the effectiveness of the technical skills that teams use to perform projects, but there are no proven tools to measure the NT skills of software ...

Adverse events in surgery have highlighted the importance of non-technical skills, such as communication, decision-making, teamwork, situational awareness and leadership, to effective organizational performance. These skills carry particular importance to surgical oncology, as members of a multidisciplinary team must work cohesively to formulate effective patient care plans. Several non-technic...