TY - JOUR T1 - NightShift simulation to train newly qualified doctors in non-technical skills: a feasibility study JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - 94 LP - 98 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-94 VL - 3 IS - 2 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 Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/2/94.abstract N2 - 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. ER -