The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , January 2008

The use of a cognitive task analysis–based multimedia program to teach surgical decision making in flexor tendon repair

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education, Washington, DC, April 11–14, 2007

Received 23 April 2007 ,Revised 10 August 2007

References 

  1. Ericsson KA, Charness N, Feltovich P, et al. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2006;
  2. Carroll AE, Schwartz MW. A comparison of a lecture and computer program to teach fundamentals of the draw-a-person test. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:137–140
  3. Schraagen JM, Chipman SF, Shalin VL. Cognitive Task Analysis. In: Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2000;p. 531
  4. Clark RE, Estes F. Cognitive task analysis in training. Int J Educ Res. 1996;25:403–417
  5. Velmahos GC, Toutouzas KG, Sillin LF, et al. Cognitive task analysis for teaching technical skills in an inanimate surgical skills laboratory. Am J Surg. 2004;187:114–119
  6. Sullivan ME, Brown CV, Peyre SE, et al. The use of cognitive task analysis to improve the learning of percutaneous tracheostomy placement. Am J Surg. 2007;193:96–99
  7. Gagne ED, Yekovich CW, Yekovich FR. Cognitive Psychology of School Learning. New York: Harper Collins; 1993;
  8. Martin JA, Regehr G, Reznick R, et al. Objective structured assessment of technical skill (osats) for surgical residents. Br J Surg. 1997;84:273–278

PII: S0002-9610(07)00836-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.052

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , January 2008