Operating room black box–supported team debriefing to improve OR staff wellbeing and teamwork

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This international quasi-experimental comparative study compares standard postoperative team debriefings with debriefings augmented by an Operating Room Black Box (ORBB) system across three university hospitals. Full operating room teams performing elective daytime surgeries will use an identical debriefing template, with the intervention arm receiving ORBB-generated video material and explainable-AI summaries to inform discussions. Sites include Rigshospitalet (with multiple ORBB-equipped rooms), Amsterdam UMC (planned ORBB installation), and UKE Hamburg (control), and teams from varied surgical specialties will be enrolled. Outcomes include measures of staff effectiveness, psychological safety, stress, resilience, and burnout collected before and after implementation to compare augmented versus non-augmented debriefings.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants work in an OR-team at RIGS, AUMC or UKE.
* Participants must have given informed written consent to participate in the study.
* Participants must be in the OR for the majority of the procedure or/and have a central role in the teamwork.
* At RIGS and AUMC participants for the ORBB debriefings must also be part of teams conducting surgeries in the OR where ORBB is installed (not all ORs have ORBB).
* Participants can either be surgeons, anesthesiologist, anesthesia nurses, residents, OR-nurses, perfusionists, interns, nurse students or other OR-staff.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Visitors, guests, and other staff only watching the surgery, are excluded from participation.
* Individuals who are unable or unwilling to provide written informed consent.

Where it's running

• Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
  Copenhagen, Denmark Recruiting
• University Hospital UKE
  Hamburg, Germany Not yet recruiting
• Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)
  Amsterdam, Netherlands Not yet recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Johanne S Hartmann, RN, MScN
• Email: johanne.soeborg.hartmann@regionh.dk
• Phone: +4535450933

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.