• Annals of surgery · Jan 2022

    Multicenter Study

    Surgeons' Coaching Techniques in the Surgical Coaching for Operative Performance Enhancement (SCOPE) Program.

    • Jason C Pradarelli, Steven Yule, Nikhil Panda, Kurt W Lowery, Janaka Lagoo, Denise W Gee, Stanley W Ashley, Peter M Waters, Atul A Gawande, and Douglas S Smink.
    • Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • Ann. Surg. 2022 Jan 1; 275 (1): e91e98e91-e98.

    ObjectiveTo evaluate coaching techniques used by practicing surgeons who underwent dedicated coach training in a peer surgical coaching program.BackgroundSurgical coaching is a developing strategy for improving surgeons' intraoperative performance. How to cultivate effective coaching skills among practicing surgeons is uncertain.MethodsThrough the Surgical Coaching for Operative Performance Enhancement (SCOPE) program, 46 surgeons within 4 US academic medical centers were assigned 1:1 into coach/coachee pairs. All attended a 3-hour Surgical Coaching Workshop-developed using evidence from the fields of surgery and education-then received weekly reminders. We analyzed workshop evaluations and audio transcripts of postoperative debriefs between coach/coachee pairs, co-coding themes based on established principles of effective coaching: (i) self-identified goals, (ii) collaborative analysis, (iii) constructive feedback, and (iv) action planning. Coaching principles were cross-referenced with intraoperative performance topics: technical, nontechnical, and teaching skills.ResultsFor the 8 postoperative debriefs analyzed, mean duration was 24.4 min (range 7-47 minutes). Overall, 326 coaching examples were identified, demonstrating application of all 4 core principles of coaching. Constructive feedback (17.6 examples per debrief) and collaborative analysis (16.3) were utilized more frequently than goal-setting (3.9) and action planning (3.0). Debriefs focused more often on nontechnical skills (60%) than technical skills (32%) or teaching-specific skills (8%). Among surgeons who completed the workshop evaluation (82% completion rate), 90% rated the Surgical Coaching Workshop "good" or "excellent."ConclusionsShort-course coach trainings can help practicing surgeons use effective coaching techniques to guide their peers' performance improvement in a way that aligns with surgical culture.Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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