Accuracy and usefulness in assessing proficiency of the observational clinical human reliability assessment checklist of the open inguinal hernia repair procedure: A cross-sectional study

T. Nazari*, M. P. Simons, J. J. G. van Merrienboer, T. Wiggers

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: The Observational Clinical Human Reliability Assessment (OCHRA) can be used to score errors during surgical procedures. To construct an OCHRA-checklist, steps, substeps, and hazards of a surgical procedure need to be defined. A step-by-step framework was developed to segment surgical procedures into steps, substeps, and hazards. The first aim of this study was to investigate if the step-by-step framework could be used to construct an accurate Lichtenstein open inguinal hernia repair (LOIHR) stepwise description. The second aim was to investigate if the OCHRA-checklist based on this stepwise description was accurate and useful for surgical training and assessment.

Materials and methods: Ten expert surgeons rated statements regarding the accuracy of the LOIHR stepwise description, the accuracy, and the usefulness of the LOIHR OCHRA-checklist (eight, seven, and six statements, respectively) using a 5-point Likert scale. One-sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare the outcomes to the neutral value of 3.

Results: The accuracy of the stepwise description and the accuracy and usefulness of the OCHRA-checklist were rated statistically significantly higher than the neutral value of 3 (median 4.75 [5.00-4.00] with p = .009, median 5.00 [5.00-4.00] with p = .012, median 4.00 [5.00-4.00] with p = .047, respectively). The experts rated the OCHRA-checklist to be useful for the training (5.00 [5.00-4.00], p = .009), and assessment (4.50 [5.00-4.00], p = .010) of surgical residents.

Conclusion: This preliminary study showed that the stepwise LOIHR description constructed using the step-bystep framework was found to be accurate. The LOIHR OCHRA-checklist developed using the stepwise description was also accurate, and particularly useful for the training and assessment of proficiency of surgical residents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)156-161
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Surgery
Volume82
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2020

Keywords

  • Open inguinal hernia repair
  • Education
  • Surgical training
  • Assessment
  • LAPAROSCOPIC-COLORECTAL-SURGERY
  • COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT
  • SOCIETY GUIDELINES
  • TECHNICAL ERRORS
  • ANALYSIS OCHRA
  • TASK-ANALYSIS
  • IDENTIFICATION
  • PERFORMANCE

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