The whole point of the article is that surgeon ability can be reliably determined from looking at short videos, and this ability is correlated with how well the

The whole point of the article is that surgeon ability can be reliably determined from looking at short videos, and this ability is correlated with how well the patient does. For another interesting article on this, see http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/a-vital-measure-your-surgeons-skill/?_r=0 http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/a-vital-measure-you...