Is there a role for the use of aviation assessment instruments in surgical training preparation? A feasibility study

Is there a role for the use of aviation assessment instruments in surgical training preparation? A feasibility study

BackgroundSelection for surgical residency programmes could potentially be improved through pretraining preparation, after assessment of surgical candidates' sensorimotor skills and personality traits. Existing aviation pilot selection instruments are available to test sensorimotor skills and p...

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Published in:Postgraduate medical journal Vol. 93; no. 1095; pp. 20 - 24
Main Authors: Stolk-Vos, Aline C, Heres, Marion H, Kesteloo, Jasper, Verburg, Dick, Hiddema, Frans, Lie, Desiree A, de Korne, Dirk F
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 01-01-2017
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aptitude
Aptitude Tests
Aviation
Candidates
Cataracts
Clinical Clerkship
Clinical Competence
Empathy
Feasibility studies
Female
General Surgery
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Management training
Medical students
Netherlands
Patient safety
Personality
Personality traits
Pilots
Professional Autonomy
Psychomotor Performance
Resilience, Psychological
Spatial Navigation
Students, Medical
Surgeons
Surgery
Young Adult
United States > US
Netherlands
Singapore
MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING
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Summary:BackgroundSelection for surgical residency programmes could potentially be improved through pretraining preparation, after assessment of surgical candidates' sensorimotor skills and personality traits. Existing aviation pilot selection instruments are available to test sensorimotor skills and personality traits. This study examined selected instruments to assess medical trainees' sensorimotor skills and personality traits.MethodsAviation's validated computer-based Computerized Pilot Aptitude and Screening System (COMPASS) and Checklist Professional Profile (CPP) were applied to 166 final year medical students during a surgical clerkship between 2013 and 2015.ResultsAll trainees completed COMPASS and CPP within the prescribed 2 hours. Compared with an age-matched and gender-matched cohort of 165 pilot candidates, medical trainees scored significantly higher on eye-hand coordination (p<0.001), need for variation (p<0.001), empathy (p=0.006), helpfulness (p<0.001) and autonomy (p<0.001). Pilot candidates scored higher on eye-hand-foot coordination (p<0.001), spatial orientation (p<0.001), persuasiveness (p<0.001), stress tolerance (p<0.001), dominance (p<0.001), ambition (p<0.001) and resilience (p<0.001).ConclusionsFinal year medical trainees from one medical school were able to complete aviation's sensorimotor skills and personality traits selection instruments within the set time frame. They scored differently from aviation trainees on selected skills and personality traits. The applicability and utility of aviation instruments to presurgical training preparation remains to be tested.
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ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-133984