Combining metrics from clinical simulators and sensorimotor tasks can reveal the training background of surgeons.

Background: Skill assessment in surgery traditionally has relied on the expert observation and qualitative scoring. Our novel study design demonstrates how analysis of performance in sensorimotor tasks and bench-top surgical simulators can provide inferences about the technical proficiency as well as the training history of surgeons. Methods: We examined metrics for basic sensorimotor tasks in a v...