Using the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) global rating scale to evaluate the skills of surgical trainees in the operating room

Surgery Today

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-275

  Niitsu, Hiroaki ^a   Hirabayashi, Naoki ^a   Yoshimitsu, Masanori ^a   Mimura, Takeshi ^a   Taomoto, Junya ^a   Sugiyama, Yoich ^a   Murakami, Shigeru ^a   Saeki, Shuji ^a   Mukaida, Hidenori ^a   Takiyama, Wataru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Global rating scale; OSATS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILL; OPERATING ROOM; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878379736     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-012-0313-7     Document Type: Article

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