Creating and improving highly effective endoscopic teams

In this issue of Endoscopy, Ravindran and colleagues from the TEAM-ENTS working group present a framework for core relevant non-technical skills (NTS) for endoscopy teams, derived from a two-phase qualitative mixed-method process involving the development of an NTS taxonomy for endoscopy teams, and refinement into a behavioral marker system (BMS) using Delphi methodology [1]. The authors’ approach in this paper is robust – beginning with a systematic review, which included 14 team-based BMSs from other health disciplines – and has resulted in the creation of an endoscopy-specific team BMS that is applicable in numerous circumstances, ranging from generic everyday diagnostic endoscopy to emergency lifesaving procedures.