Resident physician well-being and assessments of their knowledge and clinical performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical knowledge and clinical performance ratings are major criteria for assessing the competence of resident physicians. However, these assessments may be influenced by residents' mental health. The relationship between residents' well-being and empathy and assessments of their global performance remains unclear.

Objective

To determine whether resident well-being and empathy are associated with assessments of their medical knowledge and clinical performance.

Design, setting, and participants

We studied 730 clinical performance assessments completed by peers, supervising residents, and allied health professionals; 193 mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) evaluations; and 260 in-training examinations (ITE) of Mayo Clinic internal medicine residents

SUBMITTER: Beckman TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3286555 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature