Relationships between performance domain scores, surgeon’s experience, and observational performance ratings
| Performance domain | Association with surgeon’s experience | Association with expert-based observational ratings | ||
| Job tenure | Procedures (n) | Technical performance (OSATS) | Non-technical performance (OTAS) | |
| r (P value) | r (P value) | r (P value) | r (P value) | |
| Psychomotor skills (PMS) | 0.10 (0.77) | 0.02 (0.96) | 0.49 (0.13) | 0.15 (0.66) |
| Declarative knowledge (DK) | −0.14 (0.69) | −0.02 (0.95) | 0.34 (0.30) | 0.10 (0.78) |
| Personal resourcefulness (PR) | 0.12 (0.73) | 0.23 (0.49) | 0.57 (0.07) | 0.08 (0.82) |
| Advanced cognitive skills (ACS) | 0.67 (0.02) | 0.49 (0.13) | 0.69 (0.02) | 0.51 (0.11) |
| Surgical product (SP) | 0.79 (<0.01) | 0.72 (0.01) | 0.88 (<0.01) | 0.79 (<0.01) |
| Overall | 0.52 (0.11) | 0.44 (0.17) | 0.84 (<0.01) | 0.58 (0.06) |
Note: n=11 surgeons. Bold if p<0.05.
OSATS, Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skill; OTAS, Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery.