Is the script concordance test a valid instrument for assessment of intraoperative decision-making skills?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-251

  Meterissian, Sarkis ^a,b   Zabolotny, Brent ^a,b   Gagnon, Robert ^c   Charlin, Bernard ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Decision making; General surgery; Script concordance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRIPT CONCORDANCE TEST; SKILL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JUDGMENT; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33846246967     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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