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The Congenital Heart Technical Skill Study: Rationale and Design

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/2150135118822689

Author(s)

Brett R. Anderson, S. Ram Kumar, Danielle Gottlieb-Sen, Matthew H. Liava’a, Kevin D. Hill, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Francis X. Moga, David M. Overman, Jane W. Newburger, Sherry A. Glied, Emile A. Bacha, on behalf of the Congenital Heart Technical Skill Study

Anderson and colleagues present the rationale and design for a peer-evaluation protocol of congenital heart surgeon technical skill using direct video observation. All attending surgeons who contribute data to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (STS-CHSD) are invited to submit their own surgical videos, to rate peers, or both. Videos are rated anonymously using the Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills score. Ratings are linked to the STS-CHSD and surgeon questionnaires. Over a quarter of US congenital heart surgeons have agreed to participate, and recruitment is ongoing.