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
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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
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