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ArticleGlobal surgical education : journal of the Association for Surgical Education2023

The Advanced Certifying Exam Simulation-Pro assessment instrument: evaluating surgical trainee examsmanship in virtual oral exams.

Eileen R Smith, Julie M Clanahan, Annie Hess, Britta Han, Bradley S Kushner, T K Pandian, Paul E Wise, Michael M Awad, Jessica B Kramer

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Article in Global surgical education : journal of the Association for Surgical Education, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Eileen R SmithDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9370-2826
Julie M ClanahanDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
Annie HessDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
Britta HanDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
Bradley S KushnerDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
T K PandianDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
Paul E WiseDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
Michael M AwadDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
Jessica B KramerDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Street, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many educational activities in general surgery residency have shifted to a virtual environment, including the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Certifying Exam. Virtual exams may become the new standard. In response, we developed an evaluation instrument, the ACES-Pro, to assess surgical trainee performance with a focus on examsmanship in virtual oral board examinations. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to assess the utility and validity of the evaluation instrument, and (2) to characterize the unique components of strong examsmanship in the virtual setting, which has distinct challenges when compared to in-person examsmanship. Methods: We developed a 15-question evaluation instrument, the ACES-Pro, to assess oral board performance in the virtual environment. Nine attending surgeons viewed four pre-recorded oral board exam scenarios and scored examinees using this instrument. Evaluations were compared to assess for inter-rater reliability. Faculty were also surveyed about their experience using the instrument. Results: Pilot evaluators found the ACES-Pro instrument easy to use and felt it appropriately captured key professionalism metrics of oral board exam performance. We found acceptable inter-rater reliability in the domains of verbal communication, non-verbal communication, and effective use of technology (Guttmann's lambda-2 were 0.796, 0.916, and 0.739, respectively). Conclusions: The ACES-Pro instrument is an assessment with evidence for validity as understood by Kane's framework to evaluate multiple examsmanship domains in the virtual exam setting. Examinees must consider best practices for virtual examsmanship to perform well in this environment. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44186-023-00107-7.

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General surgeryMock oral examsRemote learningSurgical education

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PMID38013865
PMCPMC9889946
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