Good Samaritan Laws and Graduate Medical Education: A Tristate Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the awareness of Good Samaritan laws among residents and fellows and the factors affecting the likelihood of a physician-in-training performing a Good Samaritan act.

Participants and methods

A survey was distributed via official e-mail to Mayo Clinic residents and fellows at Mayo Clinic's 3 locations: Rochester, Minnesota; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Jacksonville, Florida. The survey was open from August 4 to 25, 2015, at the Arizona and Florida sites and from August 10 to 31, 2015, at the Minnesota site. Responses were collected anonymously and analyzed, using descriptive statistics and regression models.

Results

The survey was sent to 1591 trainees and 19.7% (313) responded. Nearly half the respondents (49%) experienced a medical emergency that requ

SUBMITTER: Adusumalli J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6260500 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature