Multiple Objective Measures of Skill (MOMS): A New Approach to the Assessment of Technical Ability in Surgical Trainees

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-300

  Mackay, Sean ^a   Datta, Vivek ^a   Chang, Avril ^a   Shah, Jyoti ^a   Kneebone, Roger ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EVALUATION; EXCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0041912875     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200308000-00019     Document Type: Article

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