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The qualities and skills of exemplary pediatric hospitalist educators: a qualitative study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20978425     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To identify the qualities and skills of exemplary and ideal pediatric hospitalist educators.
METHOD: The authors conducted a prospective, multi-institutional qualitative study from November 2008 through January 2009 in which they interviewed pediatric hospitalists who were identified as exemplary educators at three academic pediatric residency programs. They then conducted focus groups with residents and medical students who had recently worked with these hospitalists. Qualitative analysis was used to identify themes.
RESULTS: All six hospitalists identified as exemplary participated. Among invited learners, 14/18 residents (78%) and 16/18 medical students (89%) participated. Together, the participants contributed 266 comments, which the authors categorized into 36 themes within the four domains of teaching skills, personal qualities, patient care skills, and role modeling. New qualities and skills--including self-reflection/insight, encouraging autonomy, time management, knowledge acquisition, and systems knowledge--and differences in perceptions among hospitalists, residents, and students were identified. Differences between the qualities and skills of actual exemplary hospitalist educators and perceptions of those of an ideal hospitalist educator were also identified.
CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric hospitalists in academic residency programs have unique opportunities to significantly affect the education of medical students and residents. This study validates and expands on prior studies of the qualities and skills needed to be a successful hospitalist educator. Researchers and educators designing faculty development programs to train more successful hospitalist educators may wish to target these qualities and skills as well as the differences in medical student and resident needs.
Authors:
H Barrett Fromme; Priti Bhansali; Geeta Singhal; Rachel Yudkowsky; Holly Humphrey; Ilene Harris
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges     Volume:  85     ISSN:  1938-808X     ISO Abbreviation:  Acad Med     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-25     Completed Date:  2011-01-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8904605     Medline TA:  Acad Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1905-13     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. hfromme@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Hospitalists / education*
Hospitals, Pediatric*
Humans
Internship and Residency / standards*
Knowledge Management / standards*
Pediatrics / education*
Prospective Studies
Qualitative Research*
Students, Medical*
United States

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