Internal Medicine Residents' Perceived Responsibility for Patients at Hospital Discharge: A National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical residents are routinely entrusted with transitions of care, yet little is known about the duration or content of their perceived responsibility for patients they discharge from the hospital.

Objective

To examine the duration and content of internal medicine residents' perceived responsibility for patients they discharge from the hospital. The secondary objective was to determine whether specific individual experiences and characteristics correlate with perceived responsibility.

Design

Multi-site, cross-sectional 24-question survey delivered via email or paper-based form.

Participants

Internal medicine residents (post-graduate years 1-3) at nine university and community-based internal medicine training programs in the United States.

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SUBMITTER: Young E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5130960 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature