Crowd-sourced assessment of technical skills: An opportunity for improvement in the assessment of laparoscopic surgical skills

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 398-404

  Deal, Shanley B ^a   Lendvay, Thomas S ^b   Haque, Mohamad I ^c   Brand, Timothy ^c   Comstock, Bryan ^b   Warren, Justin ^b   Alseidi, Adnan ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowd sourced data; Psychomotor skills; Surgical skills assessment; Surgical skills education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDSOURCING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESIDENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUTURING METHOD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROWDSOURCING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84955640060     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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