Development and validation of an objective instrument to measure surgical performance at tonsillectomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2127-2137

  Roberson, David W ^a,b   Kentala, Erna ^c   Forbes, Peter ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competence; Education; Evaluation; Surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGEON; TONSILLECTOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 33644799257     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000178329.23359.30     Document Type: Article

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