title: Advanced Engineering Technology for Measuring Performance.
abstract: The demand for competency-based assessments in surgical training is growing. Use of advanced engineering technology for clinical skills assessment allows for objective measures of hands-on performance. Clinical performance can be assessed in several ways via quantification of an assessee's hand movements (motion tracking), direction of visual attention (eye tracking), levels of stress (physiologic marker measurements), and location and pressure of palpation (force measurements). Innovations in video recording technology and qualitative analysis tools allow for a combination of observer- and technology-based assessments. Overall the goal is to create better assessments of surgical performance with robust validity evidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 3236 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
authors.forename: Drew N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 3236 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
authors.forename: Anne-Lise D
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3215 Mechanical Engineering Building, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Law
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 3236 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA; Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3215 Mechanical Engineering Building, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: pugh@surgery.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Carla M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pugh
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004738:Engineering; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Assessment; Motion tracking; Sensors; Simulation; Technology