Assessment Criteria Assessment Descriptors (please circle one rating per criterion) 1 2 3 4 5 Frequently stopped procedure and Occasionally stopped procedure and Some planning with reasonable Nearly always planned course of Consistently planned course of seemed unsure of next move hesitant about next move, requests progression of procedure, some procedure with reasonable progression, procedure, effortless flow from one Flow of operation for instruments rarely timely timely request for instruments nearly always timely requests for move to the next, timely request for instruments instruments Underutilised assistants, Occasionally underutilised assistants, Sometimes used assistants to best Nearly always used assistants to best Comprehensive and strategic use of Professional behaviour with consistently inappropriate some inappropriate professional advantage, some appropriate and advantage, nearly always appropriate assistants, effective and appropriate theatre staff professional interactions interactions professional interactions with staff and professional interactions with staff professional interactions Deficient knowledge. Unable to Occasionally able to identify and Sometimes able to identify and name Nearly always able to identify and Comprehensive ability to identify and identify or name critical anatomical name surgical anatomy for procedure surgical anatomy for procedure name surgical anatomy for procedure name all surgical anatomy for the Surgical anatomy landmarks relevant to the and occasional critical anatomical including some critical anatomical including nearly all common anatomical procedure, including common anatomical procedure landmarks landmarks anomalies anomalies Knowledge of specific Deficient knowledge, Needed Basic knowledge. Required specific Basic knowledge. Familiar only with Good familiarity with nearly all aspects Comprehensive familiarity with all procedure, including positioning specific instruction at most steps instruction for some of the steps important steps of procedure with of procedure with only minimal aspects of operation of the patient and setting up minimal instruction instruction equipment Deficient knowledge of appropriate Basic knowledge of appropriate suture Basic knowledge of appropriate Good knowledge of suture material and Comprehensive knowledge of suture suture materials and techniques, materials and techniques, high level suture materials and techniques, techniques, minimal instruction materials and techniques Wound closure high level instruction required instruction required minimal instruction required required Deficient knowledge of post Basic knowledge of post operative Basic knowledge of post operative Good knowledge of post-operative Comprehensive knowledge of post operative management and management and prevention of management and preventing management and prevention of operative management and prevention Post-operative management prevention of complications complications, high level instruction complications, minimal instruction complications, minimal instruction of complications required required required Global rating scale developed from Moorthy et al, BMJ 2003; 327:1032-7; originally from Reznick et al, Am J Surg 1997; 173: 226-30
Assessment Criteria Assessment Descriptors (please circle one rating per criterion) 1 2 3 4 5 Flow of operation Frequently stopped procedure and seemed unsure of next move Occasionally stopped procedure and hesitant about next move, requests for instruments rarely timely Some planning with reasonable progression of procedure, some timely request for instruments Nearly always planned course of procedure with reasonable progression, nearly always timely requests for instruments Consistently planned course of procedure, effortless flow from one move to the next, timely request for instruments Professional behaviour with theatre staff Underutilised assistants, consistently inappropriate professional interactions Occasionally underutilised assistants, some inappropriate professional interactions Sometimes used assistants to best advantage, some appropriate and professional interactions with staff Nearly always used assistants to best advantage, nearly always appropriate and professional interactions with staff Comprehensive and strategic use of assistants, effective and appropriate professional interactions Surgical anatomy Deficient knowledge. Unable to identify or name critical anatomical landmarks relevant to the procedure Occasionally able to identify and name surgical anatomy for procedure and occasional critical anatomical landmarks Sometimes able to identify and name surgical anatomy for procedure including some critical anatomical landmarks Nearly always able to identify and name surgical anatomy for procedure including nearly all common anatomical anomalies Comprehensive ability to identify and name all surgical anatomy for the procedure, including common anatomical anomalies Knowledge of specific procedure, including positioning of the patient and setting up equipment Deficient knowledge, Needed specific instruction at most steps Basic knowledge. Required specific instruction for some of the steps Basic knowledge. Familiar only with important steps of procedure with minimal instruction Good familiarity with nearly all aspects of procedure with only minimal instruction Comprehensive familiarity with all aspects of operation Wound closure Deficient knowledge of appropriate suture materials and techniques, high level instruction required Basic knowledge of appropriate suture materials and techniques, high level instruction required Basic knowledge of appropriate suture materials and techniques, minimal instruction required Good knowledge of suture material and techniques, minimal instruction required Comprehensive knowledge of suture materials and techniques Post-operative management Deficient knowledge of post operative management and prevention of complications Basic knowledge of post operative management and prevention of complications, high level instruction required Basic knowledge of post operative management and preventing complications, minimal instruction required Good knowledge of post-operative management and prevention of complications, minimal instruction required Comprehensive knowledge of post operative management and prevention of complications Global rating scale developed from Moorthy et al, BMJ 2003; 327:1032-7; originally from Reznick et al, Am J Surg 1997; 173: 226-30