Is competency assessment at the specialist level achievable? A study for the national training programme in laparoscopic colorectal surgery in England

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 476-482

  Miskovic, Danilo ^a   Ni, Melody ^a   Wyles, Susannah M ^a   Kennedy, Robin H ^b   Francis, Nader K ^c   Parvaiz, Amjad ^d   Cunningham, Chris ^e   Rockall, Timothy A ^f   Gudgeon, Andrew M ^g   Coleman, Mark G ^h   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^g FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; colorectal surgery; competency; education; laparoscopic surgery; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LAPAROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84873935857     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318275b72a     Document Type: Article

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