Using the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) global rating scale to evaluate the skills of surgical trainees in the operating room

Purpose The education of surgical trainees should be based on an accurate evaluation of their surgical skill levels. In our hospital, the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) is used for this purpose. We conducted this study to demonstrate the validity and accuracy of the OSAT...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2013-03, Vol.43 (3), p.271-275
Main Authors: Niitsu, Hiroaki, Hirabayashi, Naoki, Yoshimitsu, Masanori, Mimura, Takeshi, Taomoto, Junya, Sugiyama, Yoich, Murakami, Shigeru, Saeki, Shuji, Mukaida, Hidenori, Takiyama, Wataru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Competence
Educational Measurement - methods
Female
General Surgery - education
Humans
Internship and Residency - methods
Japan
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Operating Rooms
Original
Original Article
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
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Summary:Purpose The education of surgical trainees should be based on an accurate evaluation of their surgical skill levels. In our hospital, the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) is used for this purpose. We conducted this study to demonstrate the validity and accuracy of the OSATS for assessing surgical skills in the operating room (OR) setting. Methods Between January, 2007 and December, 2010, the OSATS global rating scale was used to assess several operations in which surgical trainees participated. We assessed ten surgical trainees who participated as the main surgeon or first assistant, and studied the correlation between their postgraduate year and their OSATS score. Results The median score of the global rating scale for each trainee improved with each year of experience. The median scores of all trainees in postgraduate years 3, 4, and 5 were significantly different ( p  
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-012-0313-7