ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2024
Non-technical skills needed by medical disaster responders- a scoping review.
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- Effectiveness of non-technical skills training for healthcare professionals in emergency departments: a systematic review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- Measuring readiness for disaster response in physiotherapy education: development and validation predisposition assessment tool.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Exploring the qualities and adaptive professional capabilities required of physicians for disaster response through perspective transformation among physicians in Fukushima, Japan.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Major challenges and barriers for successful management of health exercises in emergencies and disasters: findings from a qualitative conventional content analysis study.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Cultivating Disaster Preparedness: Scoping Review of Technology's Contribution to Situational Awareness and Disaster Mindset in Disaster Medicine.Online journal of public health informatics · 2025Review
- Relationship between days of work and presenteeism, and mediation of this relationship by fatigue among disaster responders.Journal of occupational health · 2025Article
- Enhancing global disaster preparedness: A scoping review of the current integration of situational awareness and disaster mindset in healthcare education.AIMS public health · 2025Review
- Integrating Disaster Response Tools for Clinical Leadership.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Valued technical and non-technical skills among disaster responders: a cross sectional study of disaster responders involved in the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria January 2023.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is no universal agreement on what competence in disaster medicine is, nor what competences and personal attributes add value for disaster responders. Some studies suggest that disaster responders need not only technical skills but also non-technical skills. Consensus of which non-technical skills are needed and how training for these can be provided is lacking, and little is known about how to apply knowledge of non-technical skills in the recruitment of disaster responders. Therefore, this scoping review aimed to identify the non-technical skills required for the disaster medicine response.
methodA scooping review using the Arksey & O´Malley framework was performed. Structured searches in the databases PuBMed, CINAHL Full Plus, Web of Science, PsycInfo and Scopus was conducted. Thereafter, data were structured and analyzed.
resultsFrom an initial search result of 6447 articles, 34 articles were included in the study. These covered both quantitative and qualitative studies and different contexts, including real events and training. The most often studied real event were responses following earthquakes. Four non-technical skills stood out as most frequently mentioned: communication skills; situational awareness; knowledge of human resources and organization and coordination skills; decision-making, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. The review also showed a significant lack of uniform use of terms like skills or competence in the reviewed articles.
conclusionNon-technical skills are skills that disaster responders need. Which non-technical skills are most needed, how to train and measure non-technical skills, and how to implement non-technical skills in disaster medicine need further studies.
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