The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23, January 2008

Assessing the teaching of procedural skills: can cognitive task analysis add to our traditional teaching methods?

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

  • Maura E. Sullivan, Ph.D., M.S.N.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel. +1-323-442-2368; fax: +1-323-442-2051.
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  • Adrian Ortega, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Nir Wasserberg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Howard Kaufman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Julie Nyquist, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Richard Clark, Ed.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Technology, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 23 April 2007; received in revised form 10 August 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00838-0

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.051

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23, January 2008