%0 Journal Article
%T A critical evaluation of the electronic surgical logbook
%A R Achuthan
%A K Grover
%A J MacFie
%J BMC Medical Education
%D 2006
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1472-6920-6-15
%X The RAD from the ASGBI for the Yorkshire region was analysed. Data for the period 01/10/2002¨C30/09/2003 was identified and interrogated using Microsoft Excel (2000 version). The RAD was compared with information obtained from the Regional Surgical Advisor for Yorkshire with respect to hospitals, surgical consultants and HST's in the region during the study period.There were 13,755 operations entered for the study period. 579 corrections to the data had to be made (4.2%) and a further 1140 entries were deleted (8.2%). Following corrections and deletions 12,615 operative entries were available for analysis. Overall 12.5% of the data required either correction or exclusion from the database prior to analysis.The RAD has a large dataset useful to monitor and assess training. However, the quality of the data needs to be verified prior to use. Recommendations have been made to develop the ASGBI logbook, which would eventually translate to improved data reliability of the RAD.The electronic surgeon's logbook for Higher Trainees in General Surgery was initially devised by the Specialist Advisory Committee in General Surgery (SAC) and the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT)[1]. This did away with paper based logbooks and brought about some uniformity in collection of data. The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) have further developed it and the surgical trainees in the UK currently use this logbook.The Surgeon's Logbook Database permits the trainee to record operations performed, procedures performed and courses completed. This provides a comprehensive dataset, which can potentially provide useful information regarding the level of operative training and supervision provided to the surgical trainee. Trainees can obtain copies of the programmes from their regional training advisor or from the ASGBI web site [2].The logbook allows trainees to submit a standard data set of their operative and training experience centrally to the SAC. The eventua
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