The Surgical Ward Round Toolkit, aimed at enhancing patient safety on surgical wards, was developed through a collaborative effort between the Patient Safety Group of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This initiative was made possible by a grant from SHINE (Health Foundation).
The Toolkit leverages an adapted NOTSS (Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons) system and a structured checklist designed specifically for ward rounds. Its primary objective is to reduce errors and improve patient safety on surgical wards. For a comprehensive understanding of the Toolkit’s components, please watch the introductory video. The final SHINE report 2014 describes the project and the results in detail.
Toolkit
The components of the toolkit are explained in the separate documents, downloadable below. Tool 3 - Surgical Ward Round is editable and can be adapted to suit an individual unit's needs.
Ward-round Non-technical Skills for Surgery (WANTSS) - e-Learning module (1 hour CPD)
Surgical ward rounds are fast-paced, covering a large number of patients with varying conditions, over a short period of time. These factors combined have the potential to impact the quality of patient care and experience. It has been shown that our non-technical skills (NTS) contribute just as much as our technical skills, if not more, to the quality of care we provide.
The Ward-round Non-technical Skills for Surgery (WANTSS) e-Learning module is designed to improve clinical performance and patient safety on surgical ward-rounds. On successful completion of the module, you will be able to download a Certificate of Completion confirming that you have been awarded 1 hour of CPD.
This course is divided into four parts across two modules:
Module 1: Introduction to WANTSS
This module discusses non-technical skills and their benefits in the clinical setting before introducing the WANTSS system.
- Part 1: Introduction to NTS
- Part 2: Benefits of NTS in the clinical setting
- Part 3: Introduction to WANTSS
Module 2: Understanding WANTSS
This module is designed to go over the WANTSS categories, described in Module 1, in more detail. The last section in this module is an assessment designed to test your understanding of the WANTSS system.
- Part 4: Assessing your understanding
WANTSS e-Learning Module
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Documents