O2 A systematic review to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of educational interventions on health care professionals’ situation awareness: implications for training

Background

Preventable adverse outcomes related to unrecognised deterioration remain a critical patient safety concern. While numerous factors contribute to these issues, the importance of situation awareness (SA) is increasingly recognised. Fundamentally SA is about knowing what is going on and what might happen next.¹ Endsley’s frequently cited framework² defines SA as ‘the perception of elements in the environment across a volume of...