Assessing the surgical skills of trainees in the operating theatre: a prospective observational study of the methodology
Beard J, Purdie H, Marriott J, Crossley J
Record ID 32010000261
English
Authors' objectives:
The primary aim of the study was to compare the user satisfaction and acceptability, reliability and validity of three WBA methods for assessing the surgical skills of trainees in the operating theatre (PBA, OSATS and NOTSS) across a range of different surgical specialties and index procedures.
Authors' recommendations:
Study indicates that procedure-based assessment is a reliable and acceptable method of assessing surgical skills, with good construct validity
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1626
Year Published:
2011
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Clinical Competence
- Competency-Based Education
- Teaching
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2011 Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO
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