Reshma Jagsi, Jo Shapiro, and Debra Weinstein.
Academic Medicine
August 2005, Vol. 80, Issue #8, pg. 752-757.
Review by: Linda Heun, Ph.D. <lheun@aacom.org>
The authors provide results of a survey study administered to 252 medical students who completed rotations at two teaching hospitalsto check student perceptions of the impact of resident work hour limitations. The questionnaire was piloted and validated with "intensive cognitive testing". The survey items focus on perceptions of quality of the rotation experience, clerkship structure, student career choices and perceptions regarding the quality of patient care. Survey outcomes reflect a lack of significant negative impact upon medical students' self-assessed learning experiences and further that limiting resident work hours may even have a positive impact on medical students. A specific encouraging note was that with reduced resident hours there was a small, statistically significant improvement in students' rating of residents "availability and the interesting in teaching". Note: The questionnaire will be shared with interested readers.
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