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The Ophthalmology Surgical Competency Assessment Rubric for Trabeculectomy
Catherine M Green1, Sarwat Salim, Deepak P Edward
1*Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia ‡King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia †The Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI §Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD ∥UW Medicine Eye Institute, Seattle, WA ¶University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose:
To produce an internationally valid tool to assess skill in performing trabeculectomy surgery.
Methods:
A panel of 5 experts developed a tool for assessing trabeculectomy surgery by using a modified Dreyfus scale of skill acquisition and providing descriptors for each level of skill for each category. The tool was then reviewed by a panel of 10 international content experts for their constructive comments, which were incorporated into the final rubric tool.
Results:
A final rubric, incorporating the suggestions of the international panel, published here as the ICO-OSCAR: Trabeculectomy.
Conclusions:
The tool ICO-OSCAR: Trabeculectomy has content and face validity. It can be used internationally to assess trabeculectomy surgery skill. Predictive and construct validity, and reliability are yet to be determined.
