Chief’s seminar: turning interns into clinicians [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4an]
Background: Recent changes in healthcare delivery have necessitated residency education reform. To adapt to these changes, graduate medical education can adopt a chief resident-led clinical curriculum. Chief residents are ideal clinical instructors, as they are recent graduates who have excelled in...
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| author | Christopher Dittus Vanya Grover Georgia Panagopoulos Kenar Jhaveri |
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| description | Background: Recent changes in healthcare delivery have necessitated residency education reform. To adapt to these changes, graduate medical education can adopt a chief resident-led clinical curriculum. Chief residents are ideal clinical instructors, as they are recent graduates who have excelled in their residency programs. To effectively use the limited time available for education, chief residents can implement active learning techniques. We present a chief resident-led, small-group, problem-based curriculum for teaching first-year internal medicine residents, and provide preliminary data supporting the efficacy of this approach. Methods: The seminar consisted of 11 4-week modules. Week 1 was a team-based crossword competition. Weeks 2-4 were small-group, problem-based clinical reasoning sessions taught by chief residents. The program was evaluated via pre- and post-module multiple-choice tests. Resident satisfaction data were collected via self-reported, anonymous surveys. Results: Preliminary results revealed a statistically significant increase from pre-test to post-test score for 9 of the 11 modules. The chest pain, fever, abdominal pain, shock, syncope, jaundice, dizziness, anemia, and acute kidney injury modules achieved statistical significance. Additionally, resident satisfaction surveys show that this teaching approach was an enjoyable experience for our residents. Discussion: Our chief seminar is an evidence-based, clinical reasoning approach for graduate medical education that uses active learning techniques. This is an effective and enjoyable method for educating internal medicine residents. Because of its reproducibility, it can be applied throughout residency education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aab30402e166484dbf9049438ad07a272022-12-22T03:47:51ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022014-09-01310.12688/f1000research.5221.15567Chief’s seminar: turning interns into clinicians [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4an]Christopher Dittus0Vanya Grover1Georgia Panagopoulos2Kenar Jhaveri3Department of Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System, New York, 10075, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System, New York, 10075, USADepartment of Research, Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System, New York, 10075, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, North Shore-LIJ Health System and Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, Great Neck, 11021, USABackground: Recent changes in healthcare delivery have necessitated residency education reform. To adapt to these changes, graduate medical education can adopt a chief resident-led clinical curriculum. Chief residents are ideal clinical instructors, as they are recent graduates who have excelled in their residency programs. To effectively use the limited time available for education, chief residents can implement active learning techniques. We present a chief resident-led, small-group, problem-based curriculum for teaching first-year internal medicine residents, and provide preliminary data supporting the efficacy of this approach. Methods: The seminar consisted of 11 4-week modules. Week 1 was a team-based crossword competition. Weeks 2-4 were small-group, problem-based clinical reasoning sessions taught by chief residents. The program was evaluated via pre- and post-module multiple-choice tests. Resident satisfaction data were collected via self-reported, anonymous surveys. Results: Preliminary results revealed a statistically significant increase from pre-test to post-test score for 9 of the 11 modules. The chest pain, fever, abdominal pain, shock, syncope, jaundice, dizziness, anemia, and acute kidney injury modules achieved statistical significance. Additionally, resident satisfaction surveys show that this teaching approach was an enjoyable experience for our residents. Discussion: Our chief seminar is an evidence-based, clinical reasoning approach for graduate medical education that uses active learning techniques. This is an effective and enjoyable method for educating internal medicine residents. Because of its reproducibility, it can be applied throughout residency education.http://f1000research.com/articles/3-213/v1Science & Medical Education |
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| title_short | Chief’s seminar: turning interns into clinicians [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4an] |
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