Peer- and Self-rating of Open Surgery Skills

Completed

• Conditions: Surgery

• Registration Number: NCT02968407
• Lead Sponsor: Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Brief Summary

The study group want to investigate whether doctors, who are in the beginning of their training to become surgeons, can rate themself and their peers using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills. Participants have participated in a 6 weeks course in basic open surgical skills. At the end of the course the participants will be examined at at videotaped test. The participants will be asked to rate their own video and two videos of other trainees' performances. Ratings will be compared to expert ratings.

Detailed Description

The study is a prospective, descriptive study investigating whether doctors are able to rate their own and their peers' performance in a basic open surgery skill course. At the end of the course in basic open surgery, participants will be examined at the post-test as described in the protocol "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training". After the participants complete the post-test, participants will be asked to participate in this additional study. The participants will receive no instructions on this additional study, before they complete the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training".

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-11
• Study First Submitted: 2016-11-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-11-16
• Study First Posted: 2016-11-18
• Primary Completion: 2017-06
• Study Completion: 2017-06
• Status Verified: 2017-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 2017-07-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants are medical doctors and medical students who completed the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" as part of the control group.
• The participants must be willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who do not finish the basic open surgery course
• Medical doctors and medical students enrolled in the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" that are randomized to dyad training

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences between the participants' rating score of his/her own performance and the experts' rating score of the participants' performance	six months	To investigate whether medical doctors are able to rate their own performance in a basic open surgery skill course using a modified OSATS rating scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Differences in the correlation of participants' rating scores and experts' rating scores between participants first and second rating of their peers performance.	six months	To investigate whether there is progression in the participants ability to rate their peers performances using OSATS
Differences between the participants' rating score of his/her peers performances and experts' rating score of the peers' performances	six months	To investigate whether medical doctors are able to rate their peers' performance in a basic open surgery skill course using a modified OSATS rating scale
Differences in the correlation of self-rating score and expert rating score between participants who are rated in the upper quartile by experts compared to participants who are rated in the lower quartile by experts	Six months	To investigate the correlation between level of competency and the ability to self-rate in a basic open surgery skill course using a modified OSATS rating scale