title: Surgical competence and surgical proficiency: definitions, taxonomy, and metrics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Satava
authors.forename: Anthony G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D009626:Terminology as Topic