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Surgical Competency (surgical + competency)

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Program Directors' Opinions about Surgical Competency in Otolaryngology Residents

THE LARYNGOSCOPE, Issue 7 2005
FRCSC, M M. Carr DDS
Abstract Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether certain surgical procedures could be used as benchmark skills to monitor resident progress in developing surgical competency. Study Design: Survey. Methods: A two-stage survey was sent to otolaryngology residency program directors in the United States. Respondents were given a list of otolaryngology surgical procedures monitored by the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABO) and were asked to indicate whether they felt residents should be able to do each as a primary surgeon. The appropriate level of training for competency in each procedure and estimated number of procedures to competency was indicated by respondents. Results: Respondents selected 16 common procedures they felt residents at different levels of training should be able to perform independently. There were discrepancies between estimated number of procedures needed for competence and the numbers reported by ABO graduates. Conclusions: Surgical skill is one aspect of clinical competency, and this indicates agreement among program directors with regard to a set of benchmark skills we can use for concentrated evaluation efforts. [source]

Re: Objective assessment of surgical competency , ENT trainees

CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY, Issue 2 2008
H.C. Richardson
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Objective assessment of surgical competency , ENT trainees

CLINICAL OTOLARYNGOLOGY, Issue 6 2007
A.P. Bath
Key points ,,The objective assessment of the progression of surgical competence throughout the career of a trainee surgeon is complicated. ,,An operative competence assessment form was introduced into the RITA process for ENT trainees in 2004 in the Eastern Deanery. ,,Analysis of the data has shown that there is a clear improvement in their surgical ability with ,minor' procedures being mastered much earlier in their career than ,major' procedures. ,,The value of such an assessment tool is that it has the potential to identify the trainee that has poor surgical ability early and it also provides evidence that senior trainees at the end of their training are surgically competent to meet the demands of a consultant post. [source]