Establishing cutoff scores on assessments of surgical skills to determine surgical competence

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81.e1-81.e6

  Jelovsek, J Eric ^a   Walters, Mark D ^a   Korn, Abner ^b   Klingele, Christopher ^c   Zite, Nikki ^a   Ridgeway, Beri ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^a  

^a Women's Health Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; competence; global assessment of operative performance; vaginal hysterectomy; vaginal surgery; vaginal surgical skills index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOBAL RATING SCALE OF OPERATIVE PERFORMANCE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL COMPETENCE; SURGICAL SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VAGINAL SURGICAL SKILLS INDEX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77953913522     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.073     Document Type: Article

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