Impact of a Video-Based Interactive Workshop on Unprofessional Behaviors Among Internal Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unprofessional behaviors undermine the hospital learning environment and the quality of patient care.

Objective

To assess the impact of an interactive workshop on the perceptions of and self-reported participation in unprofessional behaviors.

Methods

We conducted a pre-post survey study at 3 internal medicine residency programs. For the workshop we identified unprofessional behaviors related to on-call etiquette: "blocking" an admission, disparaging a colleague, and misrepresenting a test as urgent. Formal debriefing tools were utilized to guide the discussion. We fielded an internally developed 20-item survey on perception and participation in unprofessional behaviors prior to the workshop. An online "booster" quiz was delivered at 4 months postworkshop, a

SUBMITTER: Didwania A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5398139 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature