Personal Digital Assistant-Based Self-Work Sampling Study of Pediatric Interns Quantifies Workday and Educational Value
Autor: | Joyce K. Campbell, Michael V. Ortiz, Sarah Birch, Mary C. Ottolini, Dewesh Agrawal |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Value (ethics)
Activities of daily living Time Factors 020205 medical informatics health care facilities manpower and services Duty hours Ecological Momentary Assessment Interprofessional Relations education 02 engineering and technology Pediatrics Likert scale 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Electronic health record Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine Electronic Health Records Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Work sampling health care economics and organizations Service (business) Patient Care Team business.industry Communication Internship and Residency Hospitals Pediatric Education Medical Graduate Computers Handheld Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business |
Zdroj: | Academic pediatrics. 17(3) |
ISSN: | 1876-2867 |
Popis: | Objective Optimizing clinical proficiency and education of residents has become more important with restricted residency duty hours. Our objective was to investigate how interns spend their time on inpatient rotations and the perceived educational value of workday activities. Methods We performed a descriptive self-work sampling study using a personal digital assistant (PDA) to randomly query interns on inpatient rotations in real time regarding their activity and the perceived educational value of that activity on a 4-point Likert scale. Results A total of 31 interns participated on 88 workdays over a 5-month period, generating 2082 samples from which the average workday was modeled. Time spent using the electronic health record (EHR) accounted for 33% of intern time, communicating with the health care team 23%, educational activities 17%, and time with patients and families 12%. Time with patients and families was perceived to be the most educational part of clinical service. Time spent using the EHR was perceived as the least educational. Interns perceived clinical service as excellent or good 37% of the time, while planned educational activities were perceived as excellent or good 81% of the time. Conclusions Interns spend the majority of their time using the EHR and communicating with the health care team. Interns perceive time spent in planned educational activities has more educational value than time spent in clinical service. The distribution of daily activities is discordant with the perceived educational value of those activities. |
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