"Page Me if You Need Me": The Hidden Curriculum of Attending-Resident Communication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discrepancies exist between what resident and attending physicians perceive as adequate supervision. We documented current practices in a university-based, categoric, internal medicine residency to characterize these discrepancies and the types of mixed messages that are communicated to residents, as well as to assess their potential effect on resident supervision and patient safety.

Methods

We surveyed residents and attending physicians separately about their current attitudes and behaviors regarding resident supervision. Both groups responded to 2 different measures of resident supervision: (1) 6 clinical vignettes that involved patient safety concerns, and (2) 9 frequently reported phrases communicated by attending physicians to residents before leaving the hos

SUBMITTER: Loo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3444188 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature