title: [How does aviation find the ideal pilot? Suitability testing: applicability to surgery? Methods for determining basic occupational suitability].
abstract: Pilot skills have a large influence on flight safety. A pilot needs certain basic abilities which cannot be trained. Specific tests are used to find out if someone has the required talents. A thorough selection process reduces the average pilot failure rate from about 30% to less than 3%. Studies proved that psychomotoric tests have a high prognostic validity. Modern surgery requires a high degree of spatial orientation and hand-eye-coordination. A specially developed test scenario could be used to predict career-success of a future surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Lufthansa AG, FRA CF, Frankfurt/M.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000193:education*; D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
vernacular_title: Wie findet die Luftfahrt den idealen Piloten? Eignungstests: Ubertragbarkeit auf die Chirurgie? Verfahren zur Ermittlung einer beruflichen Grundeignung.