How do visual-spatial and psychomotor abilities influence clinical performance in periodontal plastic surgery?
J Clin Periodontol
; 46(1): 72-85, 2019 01.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
We want to evaluate the relationship of self-assessed experience and proficiency, manual dexterity and visual-spatial ability with surgical performance. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A total of 26 professionals were included in the study which consisted of four parts (a) self-assessment by a questionnaire regarding proficiency and experience, (b) evaluation of visual-spatial ability, (c) testing of manual dexterity assessed by validated psychomotor tests and (d) evaluation of surgical performance by Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS).RESULTS:
Self-assessed proficiency and experience levels did not correlate with objectively evaluated surgical performances (OSATS). However, low-level visual-spatial ability tests strongly correlated with OSATS while intermediate- and high-level tests did not. No correlation was found between psychomotor ability and clinical performance.CONCLUSIONS:
Self-assessed proficiency is not a good predictor for surgical performance as experts tend to be overconfident. To evaluate and predict surgical performance, visual-spatial ability tests seem to be more appropriate than measuring manual dexterity which failed to correlate with the surgical outcome.Palavras-chave
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Cirurgia Plástica
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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En
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J Clin Periodontol
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article