What Is a Framework? - A Systematic Literature Review in the Field of Information Systems

Stamer, Dirk; Zimmermann, Ole; Sandkuhl, Kurt

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45321-7_11

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“…To create a universal language of surgical procedures that keeps the segmentation principle in mind, a generic framework should be designed. The definition of a framework is ‘a structure underlying “something” serving a specific purpose’, or as the Oxford Living Dictionary defines it: ‘a basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text’. This framework should clearly describe how to structure a surgical description and where to segment.…”

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Creation of a universal language for surgical procedures using the step-by-step framework

Nazari

Vlieger

Dankbaar³

et al. 2018

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BackgroundLearning of surgical procedures is traditionally based on a master–apprentice model. Segmenting procedures into steps is commonly used to achieve an efficient manner of learning. Existing methods of segmenting procedures into steps, however, are procedure‐specific and not standardized, hampering their application across different specialties and thus worldwide uptake. The aim of this study was to establish consensus on the step‐by‐step framework for standardizing the segmentation of surgical procedures into steps.MethodsAn international expert panel consisting of general, gastrointestinal and oncological surgeons was approached to establish consensus on the preciseness, novelty, usefulness and applicability of the proposed step‐by‐step framework through a Delphi technique. All statements were rated on a five‐point Likert scale. A statement was accepted when the lower confidence limit was 3·00 or more. Qualitative comments were requested when a score of 3 or less was given.ResultsIn round one, 20 of 49 experts participated. Eighteen of 19 statements were accepted; the ‘novelty’ statement needed further exploration (mean 3·05, 95 per cent c.i. 2·45 to 3·65). Based on the qualitative comments of round one, five clarifying statements were formulated for more specific statements in round two. Twenty‐two experts participated and accepted all statements.ConclusionThe international expert panel consisting of general, gastrointestinal and oncological surgeons supported the preciseness, usefulness and applicability of the step‐by‐step framework. This framework creates a universal language by standardizing the segmentation of surgical procedures into step‐by‐step descriptions based on anatomical structures, and may facilitate education, communication and assessment.

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confidence: 99%