Background Tools for assessment of technical skills are a crucial part of surgical education.
They provide trainees with quantitative feedback highlighting both proficiency and areas for …

Introduction The field of neurostimulation for the treatment of chronic pain is a rapidly
developing area of medicine. Although neurostimulation therapies have advanced …

Background Laparoscopic skill acquisition involves a steep learning curve and laparoscopic
suturing is an exceptionally challenging task. By improving the way feedback is given …

OBJECTIVE Self-assessment is fundamental in surgical training to enhance learning in the
absence of trainer feedback. The primary objective of this review was to assess the factors …

Studying texts constitutes a significant part of student learning in health professions
education. Key to learning from text is the ability to effectively monitor one's own cognitive …

Background Physicians and physicians‐in‐training have repeatedly demonstrated poor
accuracy of global self‐assessments, which are assessments removed from the context of a …

Objective Effective self-assessment is a cornerstone of lifelong professional development;
however, evidence suggests physicians have a limited ability to self-assess. Novel …

Background Previous studies show female residents tend to underrate and male residents to
overrate their own performance. We sought to determine if plastic surgery resident trainee …

Aims The aim of this study was to investigate whether shifting the focus to solution
orientation and developing coping strategies for common errors could increase the …

Objective: The aim was to explore how in-training junior physicians perceive their surgical
performance compared with the one externally rated by their senior surgeon trainers, using …