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Competency-based medical education requires valid objective assessment. The purpose of this study was to develop an expert consensus-based, procedure-specific assessment tool to evaluate technical competence in buttress plate fixation of tibial plateau fractures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>International orthopaedic trauma educators participated in a four round online Delphi process to establish consensus on the content of the assessment tool. Round 1 identified potential parameters; Round 2 rated importance of each parameter; Round 3 addressed items outside this manuscript; Round 4 assigned weights (1\u201310).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Eighty-seven surgeons from 42 countries participated. 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