Assessing the teaching of procedural skills: can cognitive task analysis add to our traditional teaching methods?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-23

  Sullivan, Maura E ^a   Ortega, Adrian ^a   Wasserberg, Nir ^a   Kaufman, Howard ^a   Nyquist, Julie ^a   Clark, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated knowledge; Cognitive strategies; Cognitive task analysis; Colonoscopy; Knowledge elicitation; Procedural knowledge; Procedural skills; Surgical judgment; Technical skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EXPERT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIDEOTAPE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; COLONOSCOPY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 36849087044     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.051     Document Type: Article

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