Model-Based Operative Performance Expectations for Quantifying Competency in General Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding how to translate workplace-based assessment (WBA) ratings into metrics that communicate the ability of a surgeon to perform a procedure would represent a critical advancement in graduate medical education.

Objective

To evaluate the association between past and future performance in a comprehensive assessment system for the purpose of assessing point-in-time competence among general surgery trainees.

Design, setting, and participants

This case series included WBA ratings from September 2015 to September 2021 from the WBA system of the Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning (SIMPL) for all general surgery residents who were provided a rating following an operative performance across 70 programs in the US. The study included ratings

SUBMITTER: Krumm AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9996456 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature