Situational Awareness in Anesthesiology

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dc.contributor.advisorLockyer, Jocelyn
dc.contributor.authorHaber, Julia
dc.contributor.committeememberEllaway, Rachel
dc.contributor.committeememberChun, Rosaleen
dc.contributor.committeememberBoet, Sylvain
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-21T15:17:00Z
dc.date.available2017-06-21T15:17:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to explore how a community of anesthesiologists understood situational awareness (SA), and their thoughts on how it was learned, taught, and assessed. Eighteen anesthesiologists participated in semi-structured interviews. Constructivist grounded theory techniques were used in a thematic analysis of interview transcripts, with group meetings held to develop emerging themes. Respondents displayed an understanding of SA using both clinical and everyday life examples. SA was felt to be important but formal definitions of SA were lacking and SA was not explicitly discussed. SA was learned informally through increasing independence, role-modeling, and reflection on errors, and formally through simulation. Respondents did teach about SA but found it difficult to give meaningful feedback to trainees. Although acknowledgement of SA may be evolving, it appeared that SA was a crucial but tacit concept for the anesthesiologists in this study. Faculty development is required to improve teaching and assessment of SA.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHaber, J. (2017). Situational Awareness in Anesthesiology (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27794en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27794
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3892
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectEducation--Health
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectMedicine and Surgery
dc.subjectPsychology--Cognitive
dc.subject.otherSituational awareness
dc.subject.otherDecision making
dc.subject.otherTacit knowledge
dc.subject.otherWorkplace learning
dc.subject.otherAnesthesiology
dc.titleSituational Awareness in Anesthesiology
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciences
thesis.degree.disciplineMedical Education
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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