Conclusion
We identified eight tools measuring technical skills during gynaecologic
surgery, all of which depend on user context, with varying validity
frameworks. A combination of global and task-specific assessment tools
with a focus on operative substeps prone to errors appears to be the
most adequate way to assess surgical competencies in
gynaecology.
Our systematic review can serve as a guide
for surgical educators who wish to evaluate surgical assessment. When
choosing a tool it must be determined whether an assessment is for
formative or summative assessment, just as it much have strong construct
validity tested in the gynaecologic operating room.
AcknowledgementsPernille Pless (PP),
information specialist, who guided the search
strategy.Disclosure of interests
NoneContribution to authorship
Louise Inkeri Hennings (LIH), Jette Led Sørensen (JLS) and Jeanett
Strandbygaard (JS) contributed to the authorship. LIH conceived the
study. LIH and JS constructed the scoping review with input from JLS.
LIH and JS performed searches, screening and data extraction. LIH and JS
analysed the data. LIH was responsible for writing the first draft and
all authors contributed to finalising the
manuscript.Details of ethics approval
Ethics approval not compulsory
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