Summative Objective Structured Clinical Examination Assessment at the End of Anesthesia Residency for Perioperative Ultrasound

While standardized examinations and data from simulators and phantom models can assess knowledge and manual skills for ultrasound, an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) could assess workflow understanding. We recruited 8 experts to develop an OSCE to assess workflow understanding in perioperative ultrasound. The experts used a binary grading system to score 19 graduating anesthesia residents at 6 stations. Overall average performance was 86.2%, and 3 stations had an acceptable internal reliability (Kuder–Richardson formula 20 coefficient >0.5). After refinement, this OSCE can be combined with standardized examinations and data from simulators and phantom models to assess proficiency in ultrasound. Accepted for publication December 11, 2017. Funding: This study was funded by the Foundation for Anesthesia Research and Education (FAER) as part of a grant awarded to Robina Matyal. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supplemental digital content is available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal's website (http://ift.tt/KegmMq). J. D. Mitchell and R. Amir contributed equally to this work. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Address correspondence to John D. Mitchell, MD, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Rd, RB-470, Boston, MA 02215. Address e-mail to jdmitche@bidmc.harvard.edu. © 2018 International Anesthesia Research Society

http://ift.tt/2Fq1Mnh