Key elements to studying MI include training in MI of professionals who will use it, assessment of skills acquisition in trainees, and the use of a validated skills assessment tool.
We measured communication skills using a validated physician skills evaluation exam applied at the end of training shown to predict a wide array of outcomes [ 28- 30].
The use of stereoscopic imaging can provide additional depth cues that may increase trainee performance on surgical tasks, but it has yet to be evaluated using a validated surgical skill system.
The purpose of this study was to assess skill retention after completion of a validated laparoscopic skills curriculum.
Using our previously validated skill assessment scoring system (/40 points), we compared learning curves obtained with (interventional group, n = 25 trainees) and without (control group, n = 31 trainees) use of a simulator in the training.
Eight tutors from the Schools of Nursing and Medicine at University College Cork were trained in the use of a validated communication skills and attitudes holistic assessment tool.
As a response to the requirement for training and testing, the logging training team developed and validated skills tests for operators of chainsaws, skidders, loaders and bulldozers.
The PERMP is a validated, time sensitive, skill adjusted math test that measures attention in ADHD.
We assessed the baseline knowledge and skills of nursing staff (in-service nurses) and final year undergraduate nursing students (preservice nurses) using a validated questionnaire and a skill checklist, respectively.
In a similar randomised, controlled study design, Lane et al. [ 31] trained health-care professionals using either a fellow trainee or a SP. Following training, each health professional performed one interview with one SP. This interview was rated using a validated measure of practitioner skill in behaviour-change counselling.
11 Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS): a validated observational assessment allowing the simultaneous evaluation of motor and process skills and their effect on the ability of an individual to perform complex or instrumental and personal Activities of Daily Living.
