Orthopedic surgery has become increasingly specialized, and with specialization has come a greater need for technical skill in the performance of the procedures. Instrumentation has become more complex and the need for manipulative skills greater. This book sets forth objectives and a curriculum for evaluating and teaching psychomotor skills to orthopedic residents. The authors present the approach of current educational psychology and methods to transferring these skills, and their book is filled with interesting semantic constructions—eg, psychomotor taxonomy, cybernetic cycle, triangulation format, gestalt assessment, and heuristic strategies—applied to problems as complex as how to make a broom handle. No exercises in a dry lab will ever substitute for time spent in anatomic dissection, operating in the animal laboratory, or assisting or being assisted by a patient, knowledgeable preceptor. For those interested in the application of educational theory to training residents in surgical technique, this book represents the state of