Background Surgeons are increasingly being scrutinized for their performance and there is
growing interest in objective assessment of technical skills. The purpose of this study was to …

Training and assessment paradigms for laparoscopic surgical skills are evolving from
traditional mentor–trainee tutorship towards structured, more objective and safer programs …

Background Surgical skill assessment has predominantly been a subjective task. Recently,
technological advances such as robot‐assisted surgery have created great opportunities for …

In this paper, we contribute to the development of context-aware operating rooms by
introducing a novel approach to modeling and monitoring the workflow of surgical …

Purpose To identify the different machine learning (ML) techniques that have been applied
to automate physician competence assessment and evaluate how these techniques can be …

Background: A surgeon's skill in the operating room has been shown to correlate with a
patient's clinical outcome. The prompt accurate assessment of surgical skill remains a …

In the context of minimally invasive surgery, clinical risks are highly associated with
surgeons' skill in manipulating surgical tools and their knowledge of the closed anatomy. A …

Objective evaluation of surgical skills is essential for an arthroscopic training system. We
asked whether a quantitative assessment of arthroscopic skills using scores, time to …

Background: Assessment of surgical skill plays a crucial role in determining competency,
monitoring educational programs, and providing trainee feedback. With the changing health …

Due to the rapidly evolving medical, technological, and technical possibilities, surgical
procedures are becoming more and more complex. On the one hand, this offers an …