A comprehensive examination for senior surgical residents

Background: Two complimentary examinations designed to comprehensively assess competence for surgical practice have been developed. The Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS) evaluates a resident’s operative skill, and the Patient Assessment and Management Examination (PAME) eval...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 2000-03, Vol.179 (3), p.190-193
Main Authors: MacRae, Helen, Regehr, Glenn, Leadbetter, Wendy, Reznick, Richard K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Candidates
Certification
Clinical competence
Clinical Competence - standards
Communication
Educational Measurement - methods
Educational Measurement - standards
Evaluation
Feasibility Studies
General Surgery - education
Humans
Internship and Residency - classification
Internship and Residency - standards
Medical referrals
Ontario
Ostomy
Patient assessment
Problem solving
Ratings & rankings
Reproducibility of Results
Skills
Surgeons
Surgery
Time Factors
Training
Validation studies
Validity
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Summary:Background: Two complimentary examinations designed to comprehensively assess competence for surgical practice have been developed. The Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS) evaluates a resident’s operative skill, and the Patient Assessment and Management Examination (PAME) evaluates clinical management skills. Methods: Twenty-four postgraduate year (PGY)-4 and PGY-5 general surgery residents from four training programs were examined. Each examination had eight stations, with a total of 6 hours of testing time. Results: Interstation reliability for the OSATS was 0.64, for the PAME was 0.71, and for the total test was 0.74. Examination scores discriminated between PGY-4 and PGY-5 residents for the OSATS ( t = 4.39, P
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00304-4