A New Web-Based Operative Skills Assessment Tool Effectively Tracks Progression in Surgical Resident Performance

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 333-341

  Wohaibi, Eyad M ^a   Earle, David B ^a   Ansanitis, Francis E ^b   Wait, Richard B ^a   Fernandez, Gladys ^a   Seymour, Neal E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

laparoscopic surgery; Medical Knowledge; objective assessment; Patient Care; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; surgery training; surgical education; surgical skills

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLECTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SURGERY;

EID: 36549041989     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2007.06.015     Document Type: Review

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