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  • The MISTELS program to meas...
    VASSILIOU, M. C; GHITULESCU, G. A; FELDMAN, L. S; STANBRIDGE, D; LEFFONDRE, K; SIGMAN, H. H; FRIED, G. M

    Surgical endoscopy, 05/2006, Letnik: 20, Številka: 5
    Journal Article

    The McGill Inanimate System for Training and Evaluation of Laparoscopic Skills (MISTELS) is a series of five tasks with an objective scoring system. The purpose of this study was to estimate the interrater and test-retest reliability of the MISTELS metrics and to assess their internal consistency. To determine interrater reliability, two trained observers scored 10 subjects, either live or on tape. Test-retest reliability was assessed by having 12 subjects perform two tests, the second immediately following the first. Interrater and test-retest reliability were assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients. Internal consistency between tasks was estimated using Cronbach's alpha. The interrater and test-retest reliabilities for the total scores were both excellent at 0.998 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.985-1.00 and 0.892 (95% CI, 0.665-0.968), respectively. Cronbach's alpha for the first assessment of the test-retest was 0.86. The MISTELS metrics have excellent reliability, which exceeds the threshold level of 0.8 required for high-stakes evaluations. These findings support the use of MISTELS for evaluation in many different settings, including residency training programs.