OBJECTIVES The increase in the complexity of operations, the rising quest for improved
outcomes and the scrutiny of surgical practice and its associated complications have led to a …

OBJECTIVES With reductions in training time and intraoperative exposure, there is a need
for objective assessments to measure trainee progression. This systematic review focuses …

Background Motion tracking during live surgeries may be used to assess surgeons' intra-
operative performance, provide feedback, and predict outcome. Current assessment …

Simulation-based medical education (SBME) is often delivered as one-size-fitsall, with no
clear guidelines for personalization to achieve optimal performance. This essay is intended …

Over the past 30 years, there have been numerous, noteworthy successes in the
development, validation, and implementation of clinical skills assessments. Despite this …

Background Nontechnical skills are critical in cardiac surgery but currently there is no formal
paradigm to teach these in residency training. We investigated the use of the Nontechnical …

Training the next generation of cardiac surgeons is a critical charge of academic cardiac
surgeons and is becoming more challenging with the growing complexity of cardiac surgery …

Several medical graduates, avoid surgical specialties especially those with complex and
delicate anatomy due to their doubt in their visual spatial abilities. Many patients are …

Simulation-based training is widely adopted amongst surgical specialties that have a
minimally invasive approach such as laparoscopic surgery and predominantly open surgical …

Training to perform robotic surgery is time-consuming with uncertain metrics of the level of
achieved skill. We tested the feasibility of using muscle co-contraction as a metric to quantify …