title: [Evaluation of a teaching tool for learning the surgical technique of inguinal orchidopexy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Practical training of the surgery resident is based on the companionship currently hampered in particular by the increase of the number of residents in training. We created a teaching tool to promote learning and validation of a technique of classic urologic surgery, inguinal orchidopexy. The objective is to evaluate the applicability and the relevance of this tool.
  
  
  METHODS
  The tool is a technical evaluation sheet made from reference documentation. The trainers evaluated the residents at 3 times of the semester (hetero-evaluation at 0, 3 and 6 months). Residents evaluated themselves monthly on the same items.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three trainers and 6 residents in surgery participated in the study between May and November 2013. The initial evaluation confirmed that the theoretical knowledge was acquired prior to the practical learning. The level of residents was very uneven at the beginning of the study but not at the end of the semester. The monthly evaluations gave a progressive and significant increase of notes. The notes of the intermediate and final hetero-evaluations rose gradually and they were always superior to those previous self-assessments (P<0.05). The tool was considered simple and useful for the participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This tool is applicable and relevant to the technical teaching of inguinal orchidopexy in this population. A larger study would be helpful to confirm it. This type of tool could be applied to the simple and common surgery techniques to enrich the educational tools used in the training.
  
  
  METHODS
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authors: Service de chirurgie de l'enfant, NCHU, 80054 Amiens, France; Laboratoire PériTox (EA4285 UMI 01 UPJV INERIS), 80054 Amiens, France. Electronic address: harauxelodie@yahoo.fr.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Haraux
authors: Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, CHU de Caen, 14033 Caen, France.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ravasse
authors: Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, faculté de médecine Henri-Warembourg, université Lille 2, CHRU de Lille-Jeanne-de-Flandres, 59000 Lille, France.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Sharma
authors: Service de chirurgie de l'enfant, NCHU, 80054 Amiens, France.
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Canarelli
authors: Service de chirurgie de l'enfant, NCHU, 80054 Amiens, France.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Gouron
authors: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Caen, 14033 Caen, France.
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Tillou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D056126:Orchiopexy / Q000193:education*
keywords: Apprentissage pratique; Auto-évaluation; Educational tool; Internat de chirurgie; Outil pédagogique; Practical learning; Self-assessment; Surgery residency