Background What is the source of inadequate performance in the operating room? Is it a
lack of technical skills, poor judgment or a lack of rocedural knowledge? We created a …

PURPOSE: The study aim was to demonstrate that a new database tool for assessment of
surgical resident operative skills discerns predictable progression in those skills over …

BACKGROUND: There is a pressing need for an intraoperative assessment tool that meets
high standards of reliability and validity to use as an outcome measure for different training …

BACKGROUND: Assessment by direct observation of procedural skills is an important
source of constructive feedback. The aim of this study was to identify observational tools for …

Background Current surgical education curricula focus mainly on the acquisition of technical
skill rather than clinical and operative judgment. SICKO (Surgical Improvement of Clinical …

Background The acquisition of operative skills is the critical defining component of general
surgery training. Performing simulated tasks has been shown to increase a resident's …

More than 25 years ago it was recognized that cognition was the greater part of surgical
skillfulness [1] and yet studies devoted explicitly to the teaching of surgical judgment remain …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to capture quantitatively surgeons' decision
making when faced with a choice of open or laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. METHODS …

Background Due to varied surgical skills and the lack of an efficient rating system, we
developed Surgesture based on elementary functional surgical gestures performed by …

Purpose Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) assessment has
been designed to evaluate skills in laparoscopic surgery. A longitudinal blinded study of …