PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Michael Brown
AU  - James Pinchin
AU  - Reena Valand
AU  - Christopher Larkin
AU  - Joanne Pattinson
AU  - Kelly Benning
AU  - Gemma Housley
AU  - Jim Hatton
AU  - Dominick Shaw
AU  - Paul Syrysko
AU  - Sarah Sharples
AU  - John D Blakey
TI  - NightShift simulation to train newly qualified doctors in non-technical skills: a feasibility study
AID  - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-94
DP  - 2016 Jun 01
TA  - Future Hospital Journal
PG  - 94--98
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/2/94.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/2/94.full
SO  - Future Hosp J2016 Jun 01; 3
AB  - There is growing evidence of greater rates of morbidity and mortality in hospitals during out-of-hours shifts, which appears to be exacerbated during the period in which newly qualified doctors commence work. In order to combat this issue, an online simulation of a night shift was developed and trialled in order to improve the non-technical skills of newly qualified doctors and, ultimately, improve clinical outcomes. A randomised feasibility trial of the electronic training simulation was performed with medical students (n=30) at the end of their training and in the initial weeks of working at a large teaching hospital. The study showed that participants in the intervention group completed their non-urgent tasks more rapidly than the control group: mean (SD) time to complete a non-urgent task of 85.1 (50.1) versus 157.6 (90.4) minutes, p=0.027. This difference persisted using linear regression analysis, which was undertaken using rota and task volume as independent cofactors (p=0.028). This study shows the potential for simulation technologies to improve non-technical skills.