Itâ•Žs NOT rocket science: rethinking our metaphors for research in health professions
education Page 1 It’s NOT rocket science: rethinking our metaphors for research in health …

Many researchers and educators have identified self-assessment as a vital aspect of
professional self-regulation. 1, 2, 3 This rationale has been the expressed motivation for a large …

Feedback has long been considered a vital component of training in the health professions.
Nonetheless, it remains difficult to enact the feedback process effectively. In part, this may be …

Context Several recent studies have documented the fact that, in considering feedback,
learners are actively making credibility judgements about the feedback and its source. Yet few …

Background The technical skill of surgical trainees is not well assessed. This study aimed (1)
to compare the reliability of three scoring systems, (2) to compare live and bench formats …

Background: Ineffective team communication is frequently at the root of medical error. The
objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of communication failures in the …

BACKGROUND: A new approach to testing operative technical skills, the Objective Structured
Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS), formally assesses discrete segments of surgical …

Most recent work concerned with intuition has emphasized the errors of intuitive judgment in
the context of justification. The present research instead views intuition as informed …

PURPOSE: To compare the psychometric properties of checklists, global rating scales
preceded by a checklist, and global rating scales alone in assessing surgery residents' …

Objective To assess whether structured team briefings improve operating room communication.
Design, Setting, and Participants This 13-month prospective study used a preintervention…