Association between In-Training Exam Scores and Clinical Exposure during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to evaluate changes in ITE scores and associations with clinical work during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that residents saw a decrease in clinical encounters during the pandemic and that this would be associated with smaller gains in ITE score.

Methods

We compared ITE score changes with data on patient notes for three classes of pediatric residents at four residency programs: one not exposed to the pandemic during their intern year who entered residency in 2018, one partially exposed to Covid-19 in March of their intern year (2019-2020), and one that was fully exposed to the pandemic, starting residency in June of 2020.

Results

ITE scores on average improved from the PGY1 to PGY2 year in the "no covid" and "partial covid" cohorts. The "

SUBMITTER: Rao P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10225061 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature