Improving ACGME Compliance for Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellows Using an Automated Email Notification System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education establishes minimum case requirements for trainees. In the subspecialty of obstetric anesthesiology, requirements for fellow participation in nonobstetric antenatal procedures pose a particular challenge due to the physical location remote from labor and delivery and frequent last-minute scheduling.

Objectives

In response to this challenge, we implemented an informatics-based notification system, with the aim of increasing fellow participation in nonobstetric antenatal surgeries.

Methods

In December 2014 an automated email notification system to inform obstetric anesthesiology fellows of scheduled nonobstetric surgeries in pregnant patients was initiated. Cases were identified via daily automated quer

SUBMITTER: Ende HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8154353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature