Training in GI endoscopy: can we objectively predict the performance of trainees? A prospective correlation study.

Background: No objective criteria have hitherto been available for assessing the individual talents and skills of trainees involved in GI endoscopy. The aim of our study was to compare the correlation of various psychological, psychomotor and cognitive tests (psy-tests) and of the subjective assessment of the trainer (expert assessment) at the beginning of the training with the objective performance of the trainees at the end of a one-week training period in upper GI endoscopy.

Methods: In a prospective study including 12 endoscopic centers, a total of 58 participants without any prior endoscopic experience were analyzed.

[Patient safety and training in human factor--challenge for anaesthesia training].

Patient safety is a central issue for every hospital. Prerequisites are reliable routine processes, avoidance of accidents, and flexible management of incidents. In anaesthesia, ca.

[Simulator-based modular human factor training in anesthesiology. Concept and results of the module "Communication and Team Cooperation"].

Background: Human factors (HF) play a major role in crisis development and management and simulator training can help to train HF aspects. We developed a modular training concept with psychological intensive briefing. The aim of the study was to see whether learning and transfer in the treatment group (TG) with the module "communication and team-cooperation" differed from that in the control group (CG) without psychological briefing ("anaesthesia crisis resource management type course").