Judgment analysis: a method for quantitative evaluation of trainee surgeons' judgments of surgical risk

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-188

  Jacklin, Ros ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a,b   Harries, Clare ^c   Darzi, Ara ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Judgment; Judgment analysis; Risk; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38049101016     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.09.031     Document Type: Article

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