The introduction and the validation of a surgical encounter template to facilitate surgical coaching of gynaecologists at a metropolitan tertiary obstetrics and gynaecology hospital

Abstract

A structured surgical coaching template used in a surgical coaching program facilitated short-term self-perceived improvement in surgical skill and confidence. Participants also expressed an intention to introduce a more structured approach in their teaching. The structured programme using the encounter template may have a potential role in remediating a surgeon identified as an outlier by a credentialing body.

Reciprocal peer coaching for practice improvement in surgery: a pilot study

“…However, this format leads to challenges in scheduling, credentialling, and privacy not encountered through videobased coaching. No matter the format, like with previous studies [29,30], participant satisfaction was high with all participants reporting being likely to participate in similar initiatives in the future, demonstrating peer coaching is feasible and appealing in several different formats.…”

The positive impact of structured teaching in the operating room

“…The operating list served both as a teaching list and as part of the clinical service list for a gynaecology unit in that hospital. A single dedicated coach from that Unit attended the list …”

“…The original encounter template utilised a four‐point Likert scale to evaluate six items of intra‐operative teaching. Following feedback from the participants, the updated encounter template used a four‐point descriptor scale to evaluate each item of teaching and minor changes to the item list . These items measured the trainee's perception of the teacher's enthusiasm, quality of feedback, interest in teaching, ability to explain, effect on the trainee's confidence and stress levels.…”

“…Observing and experiencing positive learning experiences in surgery will hopefully translate to a transformative lifelong adoption of positive teaching skills. To specifically target the quality of surgical teaching in the operating room, a pilot program using a surgical encounter template to facilitate surgical coaching for consultant gynaecologists was introduced in a tertiary metropolitan hospital . The surgical encounter template was shown to have face and content validity in andragogy principles in individualising the coaching to the desired learning objectives of the consultant being coached.…”

Surgical Resident Perspectives on the Preferred Qualities of Effective Intraoperative Teachers: A Qualitative Analysis

“…1–3 Additionally, interventions targeting the improvement of intraoperative teaching have been reported to be associated with an improvement in the acquisition of psychomotor skills. 4,5…”