Standardizing bimanual vaginal examination using cognitive task analysis.
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To create a standardized universal list of procedural steps for bimanual vaginal examination (BVE) for teaching, assessment, and simulator development. METHODS: This observational study, conducted from June-July 2012 and July-December 2014, collected video data of 10 expert clinicians performing BVE in a nonclinical environment. Video data were analyzed to produce a cognitive task analysis (CTA) of the examination steps performed. The CTA was further refined through structured interviews to make it suitable for teaching or assessment. It was validated through its use as a procedural examination checklist to rate expert clinician performance. RESULTS: BVE was deconstructed into 88 detailed steps outlining the complete examination process. These initial 88 steps were reduced to 35 by focusing on the unseen internal examination, then further refined through interviews with five experts into 30 essential procedural steps, five of which are additional steps if pathology is suspected. Using the CTA as a procedural checklist, the mean number of steps performed and/or verbalized was 21.6 ± 3.12 (72% ± 10.4%; range, 15.9-27.9, 53%-93%). CONCLUSION: This approach identified 30 essential steps for performing BVE, producing a new technique and standardized tool for teaching, assessment, and simulator development.
Date Issued
2017-08-14
Date Acceptance
2017-07-08
Citation
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2017, 139 (1), pp.114-119
ISSN
1879-3479
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
114
End Page
119
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume
139
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Plumptre, I., Mulki, O., Granados, A., Gayle, C., Ahmed, S., Low-Beer, N., Higham, J. and Bello, F. (2017), Standardizing bimanual vaginal examination using cognitive task analysis. Int J Gynecol Obstet. doi:10.1002/ijgo.12260, which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
Sponsor
London Deanery
Health Education North West London
Grant Number
n/a
Funder to provide
Subjects
Bimanual vaginal examination
Cognitive task analysis
Education
Pelvic Simulation
Training
Publication Status
Published