An evaluation of a flipped approach to risk training in the operating theatre

Operating departments are high-risk environments in which a safety culture is fundamental to managing inherent risks. Management of risk is an integral part of the local preceptorship course for newly qualified staff. The author has provided training for the preceptorship course in an innovative way to enhance and contextualise learning within the safe environment of a classroom. The training provides information about human error theory and how this interacts with the contextual environment of the operating department, producing risky situations.