title: Moving beyond the headlines: improving the technical quality of radical prostatectomy.
abstract: Recent work from surgeons in Europe and the United States has provided both the motivation, and a blueprint, for implementing peer assessments of technical skill as a robust and practical strategy for evaluating and ultimately improving technical expertise with radical prostatectomy.
authors.affiliation: Dow Division of Health Services Research, Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: dcmiller@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Dow Division of Health Services Research, Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of General Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Birkmeyer
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D002983:Clinical Competence; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications