Squire D, Giachino A A, Profitt A W, Heaney C
Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ont.
Can J Surg. 1989 Nov;32(6):467-70.
Recent interest in the assessment of manual dexterity of surgical residency applicants prompted an investigation of psychomotor skills in surgeons and physicians. The Purdue Pegboard and Minnesota Manual Dexterity tests were given to 57 subjects. Analysis of the data revealed no significant difference in dexterity between medical and surgical residents, suggesting that medical students do not select specialty training programs because of the presence or absence of manual skills. The data also revealed that surgical staffmen performed substantially worse than those in the other groups on some of the tests, possibly because of an older average age. The authors conclude from their data that manual dexterity tests should not be used in assessing candidates for surgical residency training positions.
近期对外科住院医师申请者手部灵巧度评估的关注促使人们对外科医生和内科医生的心理运动技能展开调查。对57名受试者进行了普渡钉板测试和明尼苏达手部灵巧度测试。数据分析显示，内科住院医师和外科住院医师在灵巧度方面没有显著差异，这表明医学生选择专业培训项目并非基于手部技能的有无。数据还显示，在某些测试中，外科工作人员的表现明显比其他组差，这可能是因为他们的平均年龄较大。作者从数据中得出结论，手部灵巧度测试不应被用于评估外科住院医师培训职位的候选人。
