Surgical Skills Centre Publications

A few studies to look into that may be relevant to my project (although some may be in progress still? I'm not sure if the site has been updated recently, the dates are pretty old):

Peer- Reviewed Research Grants (http://www.utoronto.ca/ssc/research.htm)

Needs assessment: Concordance of perceived and objectively assessed learning needs. Ward M, MacRae HM, Byrne PN, Reznick R: CIHR-ACMC Committee on Research in Medical Education, 2001-2002.

Resident self-assessment of technical performance and knowledge. Ward M, Regehr G, Rotstein L, Dackiw A, MacRae HM: The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation, 2002.

Determinants of superior performance on spatially complex surgical procedures. Wanzel KR, Hamstra SJ, Anastakis DJ, Caminiti MF, Reznick RK. Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation 2001.

Recent Publications (http://www.utoronto.ca/ssc/publish_present.htm and I'm not sure what they mean by "recent")

Anastakis DJ, Hamstra SJ, Matsumoto ED: Visual-spatial abilities in surgical training. American Journal of Surgery 2000: 179: pp 469-471.

Ward M. Failing grades in self-assessment? Focus on Surgical Education 2001; 18 (3):22-24.

Wanzel KR, Ward M, Reznick RK. Teaching the surgical craft: From selection to certification. Current Problems in Surgery. 2002;39:6:573-660.

Ward M, Gruppen L, Regehr G. Measuring self-assessment: Current state of the art. Advances in Health Sciences Education 2002; 7: 63-80.

Published Abstracts

Wanzel, K.R., Hamstra, S.J., Anastakis, D.J., Matsumoto, E.D. & Cusimano, M.D: Visual-spatial ability and the objective assessment of technical skills. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2001: 9(3): pp 104.

Hamstra, S.J., Wanzel, K.R., Anastakis, D.J., Matsumoto, E.D. & Cusimano, M.D: Visuospatial Abilities Relevant to Learning Psychomotor Skills in Surgery. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2002.

Suggested Readings (http://www.utoronto.ca/ssc/suggested_reading.htm)

Teaching surgical skills -- changes in the wind. Reznick RK, MacRae H. N Engl J Med 2006;355:2664-2669 [online]

An Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill (OSATS) For Surgical Residents. Martin JA, Regehr G, Reznick R, MacRae H, Murnaghan J, Hutchison C & Brown M. British Journal of Surgery 1996, 84:273-278