1. External validation of Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills (GEARS)
- Author
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Isuru Jayaratna, Monty Aghazadeh, Andrew J. Hung, Michael M. Pan, Inderbir S. Gill, Mihir M. Desai, and Alvin Goh
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Swine ,Standardized test ,Task (project management) ,Cronbach's alpha ,Robotic Surgical Procedures ,Task Performance and Analysis ,Medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Reliability (statistics) ,Rank correlation ,Observer Variation ,Surgeons ,business.industry ,Construct validity ,Reproducibility of Results ,Middle Aged ,United States ,Test (assessment) ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Physical therapy ,Surgery ,Observational study ,Female ,Clinical Competence ,business - Abstract
We demonstrate the construct validity, reliability, and utility of Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills (GEARS), a clinical assessment tool designed to measure robotic technical skills, in an independent cohort using an in vivo animal training model. Using a cross-sectional observational study design, 47 voluntary participants were categorized as experts (>30 robotic cases completed as primary surgeon) or trainees. The trainee group was further divided into intermediates (≥5 but ≤30 cases) or novices (
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- 2014