==== Definitions =====

====Surgical Education====

[[jnl:stefanidis2007|Automaticity]]: Expertise in task without attention

**Surgical Competency** (after [[jnl:szasz2015]]):
> Although poorly defined, technical competence is often used as a synonym for technical skill. One useful explanation comes from Mohr et al,124 who described technical competence as the skill to safely and successfully perform the required steps of a particular procedure,

[[jnl:smink2017|Non-technical skills]] include teamwork, leadership, situational awareness, and decision making.

====Metacognition====
"Metacognition is broadly used to describe thinking about one’s thinking and includes both knowledge of cognition and regulation of cognition. In the context of this manu- script, metacognition refers to the process of regulating one’s thinking and includes the activities such as reflection, planning, goal setting, evaluation, and monitoring. Reference: Hacker DJ, Bol L, Keener MC (2008). Metacognition in education: a focus on calibration. In: Dunlosky J, Bjork R, editors. Handbook of memory and metacognition. p 429–456."

Source: Burman, N. J., Boscardin, C. K., & Van Schaik, S. M. (2014). [[jnl:burman2014|Career-long learning: Relationship between cognitive and metacognitive skills]]. Medical Teacher, 36(8), 715–723. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2014.909010