SHINE Surgical Ward Round Toolkit

Enhancing patient safety on surgical wards.

The Surgical Ward Round Toolkit, aimed at enhancing patient safety on surgical wards, was developed through a collaborative effort between the Patient Safety Board of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This initiative was made possible by a grant from SHINE (Health Foundation).

The Toolkit leverages an adapted NOTSS (Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons) system and a structured checklist designed specifically for ward rounds. Its primary objective is to reduce errors and improve patient safety on surgical wards. For a comprehensive understanding of the Toolkit’s components, please watch the introductory video. The final SHINE report 2014 describes the project and the results in detail.


Toolkit

The components of the toolkit are explained in the separate documents, downloadable below. Tool 3 - Surgical Ward Round is editable and can be adapted to suit an individual unit's needs.


This course is split into four parts over two modules:


Contact us

If you require any assistance, please contact the eLearning team: elearning@rcsed.ac.uk


Documents

  • Tool 1 Wardround Non Technical Skills For Surgery (WANTSS) Booklet (pdf)

    Accessed: 25-10-24

  • Tool 2 The Structured Surgical Ward Round (pdf)

    Accessed: 25-10-24

  • Tool 3 Surgical Ward Round Tool Manual (pdf)

    Accessed: 25-10-24

  • Tool 3 Surgical Ward Round Tool (For Printing) (pdf)

    Accessed: 25-10-24