Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Training in Head and Neck surgery represents a complex process always in evolution. Due to the absence of specific surgical evaluation tools to assess neck dissection performance by residents during training, finding a proper way to evaluate those standards will be a matter of debate for decades, and continues to be a pending task in the field. OBJECTIVE: Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the TSCND questionnaire to the Spanish language. METHODS: A prospective data collection, about the performance of Spanish TSCND measured with Cronbach α. RESULTS: Internal consistency of the task-specific checklist section measured was 0.752 (95% CI = 0.638 to 0.839) with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.749 (95% CI = 0.651-0.837). Internal consistency of the global rating scale section measured with Cronbach α was 0.788 (95% CI = 0.681 to 0.865) with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.789 (95% CI = 0.703-0.857). CONCLUSION: The development of specific tools to support surgical training education makes it possible to improve surgical skills evaluation. The Spanish translation of the TSCND is a reliable option for Spanish-Speaking surgical training and trainers in the development of an up-to-date competency-based curriculum.