Understanding the Cognitive Load of Cross-Cover Care: The Resident's Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Background Cross-cover is a cognitively complex, understudied aspect of graduate medical education. Understanding it through cognitive load theory can reveal areas of excessive cognitive load that can hinder reasoning and learning. Objective To characterize perceived cross-cover challenges by residents using a cognitive load lens. Methods An anonymous electronic survey was sent to 329 residents in internal medicine, internal medicine-pediatrics, pediatrics, general surgery, and neurology at a single academic institution in 2023. They were asked to characterize the frequency and perceived likelihood of associated adverse events of cross-cover challenges on 5-point Likert scales. These challenges were categorized by cognitive load type (intrinsic, extraneous, or germane)

SUBMITTER: McDermott C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12710374 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature