Evaluating the Validity of National Multiassessment System in Postgraduate Surgical Training: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity evidence supporting the use and interpretation of a multifaceted assessment system in the early years of surgical training.

Design: This was a national retrospective cohort study analyzing the validity and reliability of an assessment process for surgical residents over a 2-year period. Data from all elements of the assessment process was evaluated using Messick's unified validity framework.

The effect of probiotic supplementation on sleep, depression-like behaviour, and central glucose and lactate metabolism in male and female pubertal mice exposed to chronic sleep disruption.

The prevalence of depression significantly increases during puberty and adolescence. Puberty is the period during which sexual maturity is attained, while adolescence persists beyond puberty and includes physiological, social, emotional, and cognitive maturation. A stressor that has been shown previously to induce depression is chronic sleep disruption.

Development and validation of a simulation-based assessment of operative competence for higher specialist trainees in general surgery.

Background: Simulation is increasingly being explored as an assessment modality. This study sought to develop and collate validity evidence for a novel simulation-based assessment of operative competence. We describe the approach to assessment design, development, pilot testing, and validity investigation.

Performance in Irish Selection and Future Performance in Surgical Training.

Importance: Selection processes for surgical training should aim to identify candidates who will become competent independent practitioners and should aspire to high standards of reliability and validity.

Objective: To determine the association between measured candidate factors at the time of an Irish selection and assessment outcomes in surgical training, examined via rate of progression to Higher Specialist Training (HST), attrition rates, and performance as assessed through a multimodal framework of workplace-based and simulation-based assessments.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This retrospective observational cohort study included data from all successful applicants to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) national Core Surgical Training (CST) program.