Surgical skill is predicted by the ability to detect errors.

Simon Bann; Mansoor Khan; Vivek Datta; Ara Darzi

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Surgical skill is predicted by the ability to detect errors.

May 25, 2005

Bann S, Khan M, Datta V, et al. Am J Surg. 2005;189(4):412-5.

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The investigators observed surgeons participating in three skills tests, one of which involved error detection. Results indicate that the ability to recognize error served as a predictor of the technical skills exhibited while accomplishing the other assigned tasks.

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