A global assessment tool for evaluation of intraoperative laparoscopic skills

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-113

  Vassiliou, Melina C ^a   Feldman, Liane S ^a   Andrew, Christopher G ^a   Bergman, Simon ^a   Leffondré, Karen ^b   Stanbridge, Donna ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global assessment; Intraoperative performance; Laparoscopic skills; Resident evaluation; Simulation; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY;

EID: 20444495566     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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