Kimberly M Brown,John T Paige
Kimberly M Brown
Ronald F Martin
Ronald F Martin
Brian K Ross,Julia Metzner
Brian K Ross
Maintenance of certification (MOC) is a process through which practitioners are able to show continuing competence in their areas of expertise. Simulation plays an increasingly important role in the assessment of students and residents, as ...
Peter W Lundberg,James R Korndorffer Jr
Peter W Lundberg
Simulation technology provides an important opportunity to prospectively identify systemic problems with minimal risk to patient safety and quality. Health care systems are implementing simulation-based exercises on a more regular basis, es...
Louise Hull,Nick Sevdalis
Louise Hull
The importance of surgeons' nontechnical skills is gaining widespread recognition as a critical element of high-quality and safe surgical care. This article reviews the knowledge base on training and assessing surgeons, and operating room (...
Sophia K McKinley,Roy Phitayakorn
Sophia K McKinley
Emotional intelligence (EI) is an established concept in the business literature with evidence that it is an important factor in determining career achievement. There is increasing interest in the role that EI has in medical training, but i...
Elliott Silverman,Scott A Tucker,Solveig Imsdahl et al.
Elliott Silverman et al.
Training to excellence in the conduct of surgical procedures has many similarities to the acquisition and mastery of technical skills in elite-level music and sports. By using coaching techniques and strategies gleaned from analysis of prof...
Tiffany Cox,Neal Seymour,Dimitrios Stefanidis
Tiffany Cox
This review investigates the available literature that addresses the impact simulator training has on patient outcomes. The authors conducted a comprehensive literature search of studies reporting outcomes of simulation training and categor...
Drew N Rutherford,Anne-Lise D D&#x;Angelo,Katherine E Law et al.
Drew N Rutherford et al.
The demand for competency-based assessments in surgical training is growing. Use of advanced engineering technology for clinical skills assessment allows for objective measures of hands-on performance. Clinical performance can be assessed i...
Brian J Dunkin
Brian J Dunkin
Given the pace of change in surgery today and a growing need to decrease variability in the delivery of health care to optimize quality while minimizing cost, surgeons need an "educational home" where they can return to intermittently throu...