Building Surgical Character: A Dynamic Simulation Curriculum for Nontechnical Skills.

Objective: Previous simulation curricula of nontechnical skills have focused on communication skills or empathy in isolation from technical skills, using feedback from one rater. We aimed to develop and pilot an expanded simulation curriculum focused on situational performance of select character attributes with the goal of determining curricular feasibility, use of a novel psychometric rating tool, and receptivity of curriculum by participants.

Design: The simulation consisted of 2 contiguous parts requiring demonstration of both technical and nontechnical skills.