A Nationwide Survey of Educational Resource Utilization and Perception Among Internal Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New virtual resources ("novel resources") have been incorporated into medical education. No recent large studies about their use and perception among internal medicine (IM) residents exist.

Objective

Characterize the use and perceived helpfulness of educational resources.

Design

Nationwide survey from December 2019 to March 2020.

Participants

IM residents in the USA.

Main measures

Residents were surveyed on their use and their perceived helpfulness of resources for both attaining general medical knowledge and for point-of-care (POC) learning. Traditional resources included board review resources, clinical experience, digital clinical resources (e.g., UpToDate), journal articles, pocket references, professional guidelines, textbooks, and reside

SUBMITTER: Bernstein E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature