A Virtual Book Club for Professional Development in Emergency Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Professional development is an important component of graduate medical education, but it is unclear how to best deliver this instruction. Book clubs have been used outside of medicine as a professional development tool. We sought to create and evaluate a virtual professional development book club for emergency medicine interns.

Methods

We designed and implemented a virtual professional development book club during intern orientation. Afterward, participants completed an evaluative survey consisting of Likert and free-response items. Descriptive statistics were reported. We analyzed free-response data using a thematic approach.

Results

Of 15 interns who participated in the book club, 12 (80%) completed the evaluative survey. Most (10/12; 83.3%) agreed or s

SUBMITTER: Jordan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806317 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature