Using Trauma-Informed Care in Practice: Evaluation of Internal Medicine Resident Training and Factors Affecting Clinical Use.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Trauma-informed care (TIC) acknowledges that childhood traumas can profoundly affect health outcomes and aims to creates a safe, nurturing medical environment. TIC curricula in graduate medical education are limited and lacking in assessment of the application of TIC in practice.

Methods

This mixed-methods study followed implementation of a 4-hour required training session for 91 internal medicine residents at George Washington University Hospital. Pre- and posttests were administered to determine change in knowledge, attitude, and confidence. Six weeks after the training, individual participant interviews were conducted to ascertain how TIC is practiced in the clinical setting.

Results

For the 47 participants with matched pre- and posttest data available

SUBMITTER: Chokshi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8784074 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature