A role for error training in surgical technical skill instruction and evaluation

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 242-245

  Rogers, David A ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^b   MacDonald, Jeannie ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Error; Surgical skill evaluation; Surgical skill instruction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; TEACHING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036211250     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00798-5     Document Type: Article

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