A prospective study demonstrating the reliability and validity of two procedure-specific evaluation tools to assess operative competence in laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2489-2503

  Palter, Vanessa N ^a   Grantcharov, Teodor P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bowel; Colorectal; Education; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL EXPERT; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84866057302     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2220-9     Document Type: Article

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