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Obstetrics and gynaecology chief resident attitudes toward teaching junior residents under normal working conditions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19709015     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify factors that chief residents believe impact the teaching of junior residents under normal working conditions and the areas in which they believe education on the role of resident as teacher would be beneficial. METHODS: Obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) chief residents were asked to rate the importance of teaching various skills, how often conflict situations arose, and to identify training that would be helpful through a national web-based survey. An e-mail was sent to coordinators of the Residency Review Committee (RRC) O&G residency programmes with a request that they forward the link to their chief residents three times from January through March 2006. RESULTS: Responses were received from 204 postgraduate Year 4 (PGY4) residents (18% of all PGY4 residents) from 133 programmes (54% of all residency programmes) and 33 states. Teaching junior residents how to prioritise patient care and obtain critical information in an emergent situation was considered very to extremely important by 97%. Conflict situations with junior residents were reported to occur between one and five times by 41-58%; an additional 26-28% reported that these situations occurred six or more times. Residents felt it would be helpful to extremely helpful to have training in resolving conflicts that involved patient care (48-59%), as well as in resolving conflict among junior residents, communicating effectively with them and becoming an effective leader (65-78%). CONCLUSIONS: The skills that chief residents considered most important to teach junior residents involved direct patient care. Chief residents would like training in how to resolve conflict with, and among, junior residents, and in how to become an effective leader.
Authors:
Karen M Gil; Jennifer L Savitski; Sara Bazan; Laurene R Patterson; Melissa Kirven
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical education     Volume:  43     ISSN:  1365-2923     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Educ     Publication Date:  2009 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-08-27     Completed Date:  2010-01-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7605655     Medline TA:  Med Educ     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  907-11     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio 44302, USA. kmg1@neoucom.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attitude of Health Personnel*
Clinical Competence
Education, Medical, Graduate / methods*
Gynecology / education*
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Medical Staff, Hospital / education,  psychology,  standards
Mentors / psychology
Obstetrics / education*
Ohio
Teaching / methods

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