Objective Assessment of Technical Skills in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Completed

Conditions studied: Other Surgical Procedures

In brief

The goal of this research study is to develop a method of rating videos of CAB procedures that will produce a reliable assessment of a cardiothoracic surgical trainee's technical proficiency. In addition, researchers also want to learn if using a video manual to train raters can help improve rater reliability.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01433029

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

8

Starts

2011-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-01-22

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-30

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The trainee must be a cardiothoracic surgical trainee in their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of training and must be currently enrolled at any of the following institutions: U.T. Health Science Center in Houston, The Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine, U.T. San Antonio, U. T. Southwestern, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and The Methodist Hospital.
• The trainee must provide an informed consent to participate.
• The experience faculty must be a cardiothoracic surgeon who regularly performs CAB procedures and has at least 10 years of post-training experience.
• The experienced faculty is currently operating at the same institutions listed in inclusion criterion 1.
• The experienced faculty must provide written informed consent to participate.
• The faculty rater must be a cardiothoracic surgeon who regularly performs CAB procedures, is practicing in an Adult Cardiothoracic Graduate Medical Evaluation (ACGME) approved CTS training program, and has practiced at least 5 years after certification by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS). There is no restriction on geographic location.
• The expert CAB surgeon for Consensus Building must be a cardiothoracic surgeon who regularly performs CAB procedures, is practicing in an ACGME approved CTS training program, and has practiced at least 10 years after certification by the ABTS. There is no restriction on geographic location.

You may not qualify if…

• N/A

Where it is running

• The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States
• The Methodist Hospital Research Institute — Houston, Texas, United States
• The University of Texas Medical School at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States

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