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Research type:

Methodology 

Title (lead author) etc:

Assessing the surgical skills of trainees in the operating theatre: a prospective observational study of the methodology  (Beard) 168 pages, Volume 15, number 1

DOI

10.3310/hta15010
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Headline:

Study indicates that procedure-based assessment is a reliable and acceptable method of assessing surgical skills, with good construct validity 

This report should be referenced as follows:

Beard J, Marriott J, Purdie H, Crossley J. Assessing the surgical skills of trainees in the operating theatre: a prospective observational study of the methodology. Health Technol Assess 2011;15(1).

Project ref:

06/92/05 

Original project title:

Assessment of surgical skills of trainees and consultants in the operating theatre 

Chief Investigator:

Mr Jonathan Beard, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Sheffield Vascular Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Start Date:

April 2007  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

January 2011

Cost:

£251,770 

Project Protocol:

Project protocol (pdf format, 189 kbytes)

Printed copies of this title despatched:

85 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

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