Evaluation of surgical capabilities is complex but necessary

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Andrea J Carpenter. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep.

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. 2022 Sep;164(3):1014-1016.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.01.015. Epub 2022 Jan 20.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, Tex. Electronic address: Carpentera2@uthscsa.edu.

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Keywords: aging; clinical performance; cognitive function; competency assessment; surgical judgement; technical skill.

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Commentary: Avoiding the Rorschach trap in the evaluation of surgical skill.
Hayanga JWA, Toker A. Hayanga JWA, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep;164(3):1017. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.01.024. Epub 2022 Jan 22. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022. PMID: 35172938 No abstract available.