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Have You Wondered About Your Colleague’s Surgical Skills?

Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City

Al F. Al-Assaf, MD

Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, al-assaf{at}ouhsc.edu

Surgical skills are important for surgical competence. Surgical skills may be assessed during residency but are not routinely evaluated in practicing surgeons. The current literature is reviewed to evaluate models for objectively assessing surgical skills. Since most studies evaluate models as teaching tools, some extrapolations are necessary. Based on the current literature, recommendations are made for adapting physical models and computer simulations to a program for surgical skills monitoring and remediation for practicing surgeons.

Key Words: surgical competence • technical skill • virtual reality (VR) • Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS)

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