Measuring Procedural Skills
Authors: Robert S. Wigton
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1996)

Editorials15 December 1996Measuring Procedural SkillsRobert S. Wigton, MDRobert S. Wigton, MDUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4285.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-125-12-199612150-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Surgical residency programs have long required trainees to record their experience with surgical procedures, but internal medicine has only recently required residents to document their experience with medical procedures. In the late 1980s, the American College of Physicians responded to the need for guidelines by appointing committees and beginning a series of national surveys to make recommendations about credentialing standards [1]. During this same period, physicians in several specialty areas, notably gastroenterology and cardiology, developed recommendations about specific procedures. 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Lessons from the EvidenceDoes Low Individual Operator Coronary Interventional Procedural Volume Correlate With Worse Institutional Procedural Outcome?Missed cancers at colonscopy: learning the hard way 15 December 1996Volume 125, Issue 12Page: 1003-1004KeywordsBiopsyColonoscopyEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographyEsophagogastroduodenoscopyFellowshipsFlexible sigmoidoscopyGastroenterology and hepatologyLesionsReproducibilityResidency ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 December 1996 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1996 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...