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Objective assessment of surgical competency – ENT trainees
Author(s) -
Bath A.P.,
Wilson T.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2007.01555.x
Subject(s) - medicine , competence (human resources) , competency assessment , medical education , surgical procedures , surgery , psychology , social psychology
Key points• The objective assessment of the progression of surgical competence throughout the career of a trainee surgeon is complicated. • An operative competence assessment form was introduced into the RITA process for ENT trainees in 2004 in the Eastern Deanery. • Analysis of the data has shown that there is a clear improvement in their surgical ability with ‘minor’ procedures being mastered much earlier in their career than ‘major’ procedures. • The value of such an assessment tool is that it has the potential to identify the trainee that has poor surgical ability early and it also provides evidence that senior trainees at the end of their training are surgically competent to meet the demands of a consultant post.