A novel approach to assessing technical competence of colorectal surgery residents: The development and evaluation of the colorectal objective structured assessment of technical skill (COSATS)

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1001-1006

  De Montbrun, Sandra L ^a   Roberts, Patricia L ^b   Lowry, Ann C ^c   Ault, Glenn T ^d   Burnstein, Marcus J ^a   Cataldo, Peter A ^e   Dozois, Eric J ^f   Dunn, Gary D ^g   Fleshman, James ^h   Isenberg, Gerald A ⁱ   Mahmoud, Najjia N ^j   Reznick, Richard K ^k   Satterthwaite, Lisa ^l   Schoetz, David ^b   Trudel, Judith L ^c   Weiss, Eric G ^m   Wexner, Steven D ^m   MacRae, Helen ^l  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

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Author keywords

assessment; colorectal surgery; competency; education; technical skill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHECKLIST; COLORECTAL OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; RESIDENT COMPETENCE; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY;

EID: 84888127690     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31829b32b8     Document Type: Article

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