The role of the community pharmacy work system in the enactment of pharmacists’ non-technical skills
研究了英国社区药房药剂师的非技术技能与工作系统的关系，发现工作系统会创造技能需求或促进/阻碍技能实施，对药房管理和人因工程有参考价值。
Non-technical skills are recognised as important in various work domains, but have been the subject of debate regarding their role in ergonomics/human factors, given their focus on human behaviour itself rather than the interaction between people and systems. This study aimed to examine the relationship between non-technical skills and the work system in which they are enacted. The study setting was community pharmacies in England. Qualitative data were obtained from observation of seven pharmacists and semi-structured interviews with 16 pharmacists, and subjected to thematic analysis. Elements of their work system were found to be related to their non-technical skills; either by creating a need for the skill in the first place, or by facilitating or inhibiting its enactment. The findings highlight the importance of considering the work system that contextualises individuals' and teams' behaviour, in addition to the behaviour itself, when investigating non-technical skills.