Internal medicine residents identify gaps in medical education on outpatient referrals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relevant clinical information is often missing when a patient sees a specialist after being referred by another physician in the ambulatory setting. This can result in missed or delayed diagnoses, delayed treatment, unnecessary testing, and drug interactions. Residents' attitudes toward providing clinical information at the time of referral and their perspectives toward training on referral skills are not clear. We sought to assess internal medicine residents' attitudes toward and experiences with outpatient referrals.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey in October-December 2018 of all internal medicine interns and residents affiliated with a large, urban internal medicine residency program in New York, NY. We used a novel survey instrument that included

SUBMITTER: Slavin MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392837 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature