Consultant Perceptions of Electronic Online Workplace-Based Assessment Training for Surgical Trainees in the United Kingdom:

Objectives:(1) Describe the online electronic Work-Based Assessments (WBAs) tools (run by Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme [ISCP]) used by consultant trainers in surgical training in the United Kingdom. (2) Describe the current perceptions and prior training (TrACE-Training and Assessment in the Clinical Environment) received by consultant trainers of such training tool.Methods:An anonymous electronic survey was circulated to all surgical educational supervisors within a large southeast England university teaching hospital in the period of August-December 2013.Results:Twenty-one consultants were identified. Seventeen responded (81%), all using WBAs in ISCP. Only 1 supervisor had heard of TrACE, and 17% had received no formal training in verifying themselves as competent in their assessor role. Thirty-five percent felt they would like to receive formal ISCP training, with the remainder happy to self-certify their competency.Conclusions:The GMC specifies that trainers must be competent in the u...