Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery

In Brief Objective: To test the construct validity of the Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS) tool. Summary Background Data: Poor teamwork in surgical teams has been implicated in adverse events to patients. The OTAS is a tool that assesses teamwork in real time for the entire surgical team. Existing empirical research on OTAS has yet to explore how expert versus novice tool users use the tool to assess teamwork in the operating...