How do visual‐spatial and psychomotor abilities influence clinical performance in periodontal plastic surgery?

Abstract

Aim We want to evaluate the relationship of self‐assessed experience and proficiency, manual dexterity and visual‐spatial ability with surgical performance. Material and methods A total of 26 professionals were included in the study which consisted of four parts: (a) self‐assessment by a questionnaire regarding proficiency and experience, (b) evaluation of visual‐spatial ability, (c) testing of manual dexterity assessed by validated psychomotor tests and (d) evaluation of surgical performance by Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS). Results Self‐assessed proficiency and experience levels did not correlate with objectively evaluated surgical performances (OSATS). However, low‐level visual‐spatial ability tests strongly correlated with OSATS while intermediate‐ and high‐level tests did not. No correlation was found between psychomotor ability and clinical performance. Conclusions Self‐assessed proficiency is not a good predictor for surgical performance as experts tend to be overconfident. To evaluate and predict surgical performance, visual‐spatial ability tests seem to be more appropriate than measuring manual dexterity which failed to correlate with the surgical outcome.

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