Tensiometry as a Measure of Improvement in Knot Quality in Undergraduate Medical Students

Autor/inn/en	Leming, J. Kyle; Dorman, Katie; Brydges, Ryan; Carnahan, Heather; Dubrowski, Adam
Titel	Tensiometry as a Measure of Improvement in Knot Quality in Undergraduate Medical Students
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 12 (2007) 3, S.331-344 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-006-9005-7
Schlagwörter	Medical Education; Medical Students; Undergraduate Students; Validity; Student Evaluation; Improvement; Object Manipulation; Evaluation Methods; Surgery; Evaluation Criteria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Gültigkeit; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Qualitätssteigerung; Chirurgie
Abstract	Introduction: This study examined the validity of tensiometry as an objective method of assessing the improvements in the quality of knots and technical performance due to practice on suturing and knot-tying skills. Methods: We evaluated the quality of 1,830 knots produced by undergraduate medical students before training (pre-test), after (post-test), and after a week retention (retention-test) using tensiometry. These results were compared to expert-based assessments of products and performance. Results: Tensiometry, as well as expert-based assessments can detect changes in the quality of knots and technical performance from pre- to post- and retention-test (p less than 0.05). However, these three methods may assess different dimensions of the same products and actions. Conclusions: The development of trainee evaluation criteria for the acquisition of surgical skills is a crucial element in surgical education. Based on our patterns of results it is hypothesized that tensiometry can serve as an economic first approximation of the quality of knots and suturing performance. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10