Standardised assessment is key to structured surgical training.
Currently, there is no consensus on the effectiveness of surgical
assessment tools in gynaecologic surgery. The purpose of this review is
to identify and assess measurement characteristics for assessment tools
for measuring technical skills in gynaecologic surgery. Eight studies
out of the 544 identified fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The
assessment tools were categorised as global rating scales, global and
procedure rating scales combined, task-specific rating scales or as
non-procedure-specific error assessment. A combination of global and
task-specific assessment tools appears to be the most comprehensive
solution for observational assessment of technical skills