Supervising the supervisors--procedural training and supervision in internal medicine residency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At teaching hospitals, bedside procedures (paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, arthrocentesis and central venous catheter insertion) are performed by junior residents and supervised by senior peers. Residents' perceptions about supervision or how often peer supervision produces unsafe clinical situations are unknown.

Objective

To examine the experience and practice patterns of residents performing bedside procedures.

Design and participants

Cross-sectional e-mail survey of 653 internal medicine (IM) residents at seven California teaching hospitals.

Measurements

Surveys asked questions in three areas: (1) resident experience performing procedures: numbers of procedures performed and whether they received other (e.g., simulator) training; (2)

SUBMITTER: Mourad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2842555 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature