Supervision and autonomy of ophthalmology residents in the outpatient Clinic in the United States: a survey of ACGME-accredited programs

BMC Medical Education

Research Article

Jing Tian¹  Laura Green²  Eric L. Singman³  Divya Srikumaran³  Peter McDonnell⁴ 

[1] Biostatistics Consulting Center, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St, Room 3148, 21287, Baltimore, MD, USA;Ophthalmology Residency Program Director, Lifebridge Health Krieger Eye Institute, 2411 W. Belvedere Ave, 21215, Baltimore, MD, USA;Wilmer Eye Institute General Eye Services Clinic, @ Johns Hopkins Hospital, Wilmer B-29, 600 N. Wolfe St, 21287, Baltimore, MD, USA;Wilmer Eye Institute, @ Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maumenee 727, 600 N. Wolfe St, 21287, Baltimore, MD, USA;

关键词: Supervision;    Autonomy;    Resident;    Ophthalmology;    Education;    Training;    Outpatient;    Benchmark;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-017-0941-0

 received in 2016-09-01, accepted in 2017-06-13,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe development and demonstration of incremental trainee autonomy is required by the ACGME. However, there is scant published research concerning autonomy of ophthalmology residents in the outpatient clinic setting. This study explored the landscape of resident ophthalmology outpatient clinics in the United States.MethodsA link to an online survey using the QualtricsTM platform was emailed to the program directors of all 115 ACGME-accredited ophthalmology programs in the United States. Survey questions explored whether resident training programs hosted a continuity clinic where residents would see their own patients, and if so, the degree of faculty supervision provided therein. Metrics such as size of the resident program, number of faculty and clinic setting were also recorded. Correlations between the degree of faculty supervision and other metrics were explored.ResultsThe response rate was 94%; 69% of respondents indicated that their trainees hosted continuity clinics. Of those programs, 30% required a faculty member to see each patient treated by a resident, while 42% expected the faculty member to at least discuss (if not see) each patient. All programs expected some degree of faculty interaction based upon circumstances such as the level of training of the resident or complexity of the clinical situation. 67% of programs that tracked the contribution of the clinic to resident surgical caseloads reported that these clinics provided more than half of the resident surgical volumes. More ¾ of resident clinics were located in urban settings. The degree of faculty supervision did not correlate to any of the other metrics evaluated.ConclusionsThe majority of ophthalmology resident training programs in the United States host a continuity clinic located in an urban environment where residents follow their own patients. Furthermore, most of these clinics require supervising faculty to review both the patients seen and the medical documentation created by the resident encounters. The different degrees of faculty supervision outlined by this survey might provide a useful guide presuming they can be correlated with validated metrics of educational quality. Finally, this study could provide an adjunctive resource to current international efforts to standardize ophthalmic residency education.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2017