Does Aptitude Influence the Rate at which Proficiency Is Achieved for Laparoscopic Appendectomy?

Exploring Personality Dimensions That Influence Practice and Performance of a Simulated Laparoscopic Task in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination

“…These findings are in line with previous studies that have found that superior visual-spatial, depth perception and psychomotor abilities positively predicted simulated laparoscopic performance. [12][13][14] The current surgical climate encourages advancement on the basis of competence and the findings of this study along with previous studies imply that measuring aptitudes on more general tasks as well as specific tasks can help identify competent individuals during the earlier stages of practice.…”

“…Previous research has identified individual differences in aptitudes that predict performance of laparoscopic technical skills [12][13][14] and individual differences in personality that predict performance of non-technical skills components of the OSCE. 15 However, there is limited research that has specifically identified individual differences in personality that might impact technical skills performance in stressful situations like the OSCE.…”

Biographic Characteristics and Factors Perceived as Affecting Female and Male Careers in Academic Surgery: The Tenured Gender Battle to Make It to the Top

“…There is no decent explanation as to why ‘manual aptitude' was also rated as a strong predictor of a high degree of work satisfaction in our survey. However, it is well known in surgery that exceptional manual aptitude is a fundamental skill directly related to the faster attainment of proficiency [35,36,37]. …”

Influence of medical student career aims on ophthalmic surgical simulator performance (part of the international forum for ophthalmic simulation studies)

“…At an early stage in this process, it was apparent that some candidates performed poorly at some tasks on which they should have been proficient, and also that there was great variability in the scores for aptitude and fundamental ability. Further work in this area has now shown that high aptitude scores in these early stages of training do in fact directly correlate with rapid attainment of proficiency and suggests that resource allocation for proficiency-based technical training in general surgery may need to be tailored according to a trainee’s natural ability 20. Despite this, such compelling evidence for predictive validity is still lacking in ophthalmology, and as such the authors feel there is insufficient evidence to support the use of a surgical simulator as a method for ophthalmic trainee selection at present.…”