Comparison of resident self-assessments with trained faculty and standardized patient assessments of clinical and technical skills in a structured educational module

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Brewster, Luke P ^a,b   Risucci, Donald A ^c   Joehl, Raymond J ^a,b   Littooy, Fred N ^a,b   Temeck, Barbara K ^b   Blair, Patrice Gabler ^d   Sachdeva, Ajit K ^b,d  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Inter rater agreement; Reliability; Simulation; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; VIDEOTAPE;

APTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 36849074875     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.048     Document Type: Article

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