Peer- and Self-rating of Open Surgery Skills (self-rate)

Peer- and Self-rating of Open Surgery Skills Using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills

The study group want to investigate whether doctors, who are in the beginning of their training to become surgeons, can rate themself and their peers using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills. Participants have participated in a 6 weeks course in basic open surgical skills. At the end of the course the participants will be examined at at videotaped test. The participants will be asked to rate their own video and two videos of other trainees' performances. Ratings will be compared to expert ratings.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Surgery
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Peer- and self-rating

Detailed Description

The study is a prospective, descriptive study investigating whether doctors are able to rate their own and their peers' performance in a basic open surgery skill course. At the end of the course in basic open surgery, participants will be examined at the post-test as described in the protocol "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training". After the participants complete the post-test, participants will be asked to participate in this additional study. The participants will receive no instructions on this additional study, before they complete the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training".

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 22

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Setting The participants will follow the basic open surgery skill course as described in the protocol "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training".

Participants Participants are medical doctors and medical students who completed the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" as part of the control group.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants are medical doctors and medical students who completed the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" as part of the control group.
• The participants must be willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who do not finish the basic open surgery course
• Medical doctors and medical students enrolled in the study "The effect of group dynamics in surgical skill training" that are randomized to dyad training

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Differences between the participants' rating score of his/her own performance and the experts' rating score of the participants' performance	To investigate whether medical doctors are able to rate their own performance in a basic open surgery skill course using a modified OSATS rating scale	six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Differences between the participants' rating score of his/her peers performances and experts' rating score of the peers' performances	To investigate whether medical doctors are able to rate their peers' performance in a basic open surgery skill course using a modified OSATS rating scale	six months
Differences in the correlation of self-rating score and expert rating score between participants who are rated in the upper quartile by experts compared to participants who are rated in the lower quartile by experts	To investigate the correlation between level of competency and the ability to self-rate in a basic open surgery skill course using a modified OSATS rating scale	Six months
Differences in the correlation of participants' rating scores and experts' rating scores between participants first and second rating of their peers performance.	To investigate whether there is progression in the participants ability to rate their peers performances using OSATS	six months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 16, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): November 18, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 26, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 24, 2017
• Last Verified: July 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: H-16031885

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: We plan to share the data within the study group
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: Expected to be published during 2018
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL