Picking the Right Tool for the Job: A Reliability Study of 4 Assessment Tools for Central Venous Catheter Insertion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Determining procedural competence requires psychometrically sound assessment tools. A variety of instruments are available to determine procedural performance for central venous catheter (CVC) insertion, but it is not clear which ones should be used in the context of competency-based medical education.

Objective

We compared several commonly used instruments to determine which should be preferentially used to assess competence in CVC insertion.

Methods

Junior residents completing their first intensive care unit rotation between July 31, 2006, and March 9, 2007, were video-recorded performing CVC insertion on task trainer mannequins. Between June 1, 2016, and September 30, 2016, 3 experienced raters judged procedural competence on the historical video recordi

SUBMITTER: Lord JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6699549 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature