Cataract surgical skill assessment tools

Sidharth Puri; Shameema Sikder

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.01.027

Cataract surgical skill assessment tools

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2014 Apr;40(4):657-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.01.027. Epub 2014 Feb 26.

Authors

Sidharth Puri¹, Shameema Sikder²

Affiliations

¹ From the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Puri) and the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute (Sikder), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² From the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Puri) and the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute (Sikder), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: ssikder1@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 24581974
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.01.027

Abstract

After publication of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's required competencies for residency training programs, ophthalmology training programs began developing objective assessments to measure resident surgical skill. The application of these evaluation tools represents a move toward standardization in the resident educational process. This review of the assessment tools found that the evaluation rubrics for cataract surgery vary in their level of reliability and validity. Currently, variations in reliability and validity are the only measure of true differences in the evaluation rubrics. Future studies will determine which of the assessment tools is the most practical and efficient for resident training.

Financial disclosure: Neither author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Accreditation
Cataract Extraction / standards*
Clinical Competence / standards*
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Graduate / standards*
Educational Measurement / standards*
Humans
Internship and Residency
Ophthalmology / education*