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Adam and Dr. Sheahan join Miss Eilidh Gunn and Dr. Steven Yule to discuss human factors engineering, coaching, and the Non-technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) taxonomy and how they can be applied to improving vascular surgery. Professor Steven Yule (@NOTSS_lab) is the Chair of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Associate Professor at Harvard, and Director of Non-Technical Skills at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is a Human Factors scientist and organizational psychologist. He is internationally recognized for his research on non-technical skills, patient safety, and simulation in surgery. His interests are in peer and computer assessments of surgical performance from video, safety in low and middle-income contexts, surgical coaching, sabermetrics, and astronaut training for long-duration spaceflight. He is also currently the program Director for MSc Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors at Edinburgh University. To Learn More about NOTSS: RCSEd Let’s Talk Surgery Podcast: Performance Project Enhancing Surgical Performance: A Primer on Non-technical Skills NOTSS Handbook Non-technical Skills for Surgeons RCSEd Website Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons Website (notss.org) The future training of non-technical skills for surgeons (NOTSS) - YouTube 24:48 - Vascular Surgery - Andy Garnham (West Midlands) 35:44 - NOTSS Global - Steven Yule Relevant links Moulton CA, Regehr G, Mylopoulos M, MacRae HM. Slowing down when you should: a new model of expert judgment. Acad Med. 2007 Oct;82(10 Suppl):S109-16. Hu YY, Peyre SE, Arriaga AF, et al. Postgame analysis: using video-based coaching for continuous professional development. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;214(1):115-124. Sudol NT, Guaderrama NM, Honsberger P, et al. Prevalence and Nature of Sexist and Racial/Ethnic Microaggressions Against Surgeons and Anesthesiologists. JAMA Surg. 2021 May 1;156(5):e210265. CIEHF White Paper: Human Factors for Health Care and Social Care Ariadne Labs Co-hosts Miss Eilidh Gunn (@eil1_g) is currently a PhD candidate in Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests are human factors, non-technical skills and surgical coaching. Dr. Mal Sheahan is a regular contributor to the podcast, editor for Vascular Specialist and co-chair of the SVS wellness taskforce overseeing their new initiative in peer coaching. If you enjoy our content, please contribute to Support Audible Bleeding! Help us improve through our ALL NEW Listener Survey! Follow us on Twitter: @AudibleBleeding