Abstract
To investigate whether scores on a psychological measure of concentration and interpersonal characteristics, The Attentional and Interpersonal Style Inventory (TAIS), are associated with performance of surgical skills. Postgraduate surgical trainees completed an operative surgical skills assessment in the simulation laboratory and the psychological measure (TAIS). The surgical skills assessment consisted of 6 tasks (3 per trainee): laceration suturing; lipoma excision; incisionand closure of a laparotomy wound; bowel anastomosis; saphenofemoral junction ligation and basic laparoscopic skills. The association between operative surgical skill performance and TAIS factors was investigated. The TAIS assessments and surgical skills assessments were conducted at the National Surgical Training Centre at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). One hundred and two surgical trainees in years one and two (PGY 2-3 equivalent) participated in the study. Performance on 2 of the 6 tasks assessed (bowel anastomosis and lipoma excision) were positively associated with multiple TAIS factors (energy, confidence, competitiveness, extroversion, self-criticism and performing under pressure). Another factor, focus over time, was significantly associated with scores on the lipoma excision task. Trainees with high levels of energy, confidence, competitiveness, extroversion, and focus over time and low levels of self-criticism demonstrated better performance on specific technical skills tasks.
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