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- Title
Validity of Exam Assessment of Surgical Skills EBSQ/VASC Pilot Study.
- Authors
Towne, Jonathan B.; Clagett, G. Patrick
- Abstract
The authors conducted a study to determine the validity of examinations to assess surgical skills. The aspects of validity tested were content (does the test actually assess the content it purports to), construct (is it a valid discriminator between surgeons of varying skills), internal consistency (does the candidate give a consistent performance in all aspects of the test), and interobserver reliability (what is the level of agreement between assessors). Content was determined by dissection and anastomotic technique by using models, and knot tying by using a knot-tying assessor. Consistency was determined by correlating the performance of each participant between the three tests. Interobserver reliability was tested by live marking and videotape marking techniques. Significant differences were noted between examiners and candidates when assessed live compared with video assessment. Live marking offered high interobserver correlation for the operative procedures than for videotape assessment.
- Subjects
TEST validity; ABILITY; EVALUATION; SURGEONS; SURGERY; DISSECTION
- Publication
Perspectives in Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, 2005, Vol 17, Issue 2, p175
- ISSN
1531-0035
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/153100350501700225