Time-at-bedside and competency acquisition: a secondary analysis of GM-ITE domain scores in Japanese resident physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Direct bedside learning is recognized as essential for clinical skill development, yet its domain-specific effects on competency acquisition have not been fully elucidated. We examined how self-reported time-at-bedside was associated with performance across four GM-ITE competency domains.

Methods

We performed a nationwide multicenter, cross-sectional study of Japanese first- and second-year postgraduate resident physicians who took the General Medicine In-Training Examination (GM-ITE) in late 2022. Time-at-bedside was defined as the average self-reported time per day a resident spent providing direct care at the patients' bedside and was stratified into six categories: C1 (10-20 min/day), C2 (30-50 min/day), C3 (60-80 min/day), C4 (90-110 min/day), C5 (120-140 min

SUBMITTER: Katayama K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12581418 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature