Objective assessment of surgical performance and its impact on a national selection programme of candidates for higher surgical training in plastic surgery

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1543-1549

  Carroll, Sean M ^a   Kennedy, A M ^b   Traynor, Oscar ^b   Gallagher, Anthony G ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Higher surgical training (HST); Objective assessment; Selection; Technical skills; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT PROGRAM; CAREER; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION; SKILL; SURGICAL PERFORMANCE; SURGICAL SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 73349091247     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.06.054     Document Type: Article

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