Residents as teachers in Neurology: a Germany-wide survey on the involvement of neurological residents in clinical teaching.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residents play an important role in the clinical training of medical students, spending up to 25% of their daily work teaching. In the US medical curriculum didactic courses for residents already exist and their role as a teacher is firmly anchored. In Germany, there are no fixed regulations or residents-as-teachers-programs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the activities of neurological residents in clinical teaching.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cross-sectional online survey among neurological residents in Germany. The evaluation was carried out descriptively and by means of text analysis.

Results

138 residents from 39 German neurological university hospitals answered the survey. Nearly half of them needed the teaching activity as part of thei

SUBMITTER: Biesalski AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9080961 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature