Background In laparoscopic colorectal surgery, higher technical skills have been associated
with improved patient outcome. With the growing interest in laparoscopic techniques …

Background A needs assessment identified a gap in teaching and assessment of
laparoscopic suturing (LS) skills. The purpose of this review is to identify assessment tools …

Pediatric surgical education has traditionally focused on the hard cognitive and psychomotor
(technical) skills. While more and more attention is being paid to softer skills such as …

Simulation-based training is used in various fields. One of these fields is medical education.
This study researches the use of Augmented Reality (AR) for laparoscopic surgeries and the …

Background Operative skills correlate with patient outcomes, yet at the completion of training
or after learning a new procedure, these skills are rarely formally evaluated. There is interest …

This study developed 17-item physics problem-solving ability to measure the students'
performance in solving context-rich problems. In this process, 8 students were interviewed …

Objective Competency-based education has mandated accurate intra-operative assessment
tools. We aimed to define consensus-based open surgical skills perceived by experts as …

Background Video review for assessment of surgical performance is gaining popularity but
is time consuming for busy expert reviewers, making review delays inevitable. Decreasing …

Background: Traditional stratification of expertise in laparoscopic simulation assigns
participants to novice, intermediate, or expert groups based on case numbers. We …

Objective: To explore challenges in implementing Direct Observation of Procedural Skills as
a workplace based assessment tool in postgraduate training of general surgery …