Evaluating Nontechnical Skills in US Emergency Departments Using Simulation: Validating and Contextualizing a UK Assessment Tool.

Introduction: Nontechnical skills (NTS) in medicine are the "cognitive, social, and personal resource skills that complement technical skills contributing to safe and efficient care." We aimed to (1) evaluate the validity and reliability of a 12-element United Kingdom emergency medicine (EM) NTS assessment tool in the context of United States (US) EM practice and (2) identify behaviors unique to US clinical practice.

Methods: This was a mixed methods study conducted in 2 phases, following Kane's validity framework.