Use of decision-based simulations to assess resident readiness for operative independence

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-139

  D'Angelo, Anne Lise D ^a   Cohen, Elaine R ^a   Kwan, Calvin ^a   Laufer, Shlomi ^a,b   Greenberg, Caprice ^a   Greenberg, Jacob ^a   Wiegmann, Douglas ^b   Pugh, Carla M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Exit assessment; Exit examination; Operative independence; Resident readiness; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84915749721     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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