Objective structured assessment of debriefing: Bringing science to the art of debriefing in surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 982-988

  Arora, Sonal ^a   Ahmed, Maria ^a   Paige, John ^b   Nestel, Debra ^c   Runnacles, Jane ^a   Hull, Louise ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

debriefing; education; feedback; qualitative; simulation; surgery; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DATA BASE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDLINE; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF DEBRIEFING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIMULATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84870064217     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182610c91     Document Type: Article

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