Procedure-based assessments: an appropriate assessment tool?

Abstract

The Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST), an advisory body to the four surgical royal colleges of the UK and Ireland for all matters relating to surgical training, has identified eight quality indicators specific to orthopaedics and trauma. 1 The sixth indicator is that a minimum of 40 workplace-based assessments (WBAs) be completed per year of training, with some deaneries advocating up to 80 per year.