This course is specifically designed for doctors, nurses, dentists, paramedics, leaders, researchers and all health professionals aiming to improve their medical decision making, situational awareness, stress management strategies and team working skills.

In this course we will target important topics such as:

• How do we actually make medical decisions?

• Which cognitive biases affect us?

• How can these be counteracted?

• Mental models for decision making

• The stages of a decision making process

• What characterizes medical decisions?

• How should we evaluate decisions?

• What is situational awareness and why is it important?

• What hinders and promotes situational awareness?

• Frameworks for situational awareness

• How should we handle uncertainty?

• What characterizes good teams?

• What is operational leadership?

• What characterizes effective communication?

• What are the symptoms of acute stress?

• Can I learn effective stress management strategies?