TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical training, duty-hour restrictions, and implications for meeting the accreditation council for graduate medical education core competencies
T2 - Views of surgical interns compared with program directors
AU - Antiel, Ryan M.
AU - Van Arendonk, Kyle J.
AU - Reed, Darcy A.
AU - Terhune, Kyla P.
AU - Tarpley, John L.
AU - Porterfield, John R.
AU - Hall, Daniel E.
AU - Joyce, David L.
AU - Wightman, Sean C.
AU - Horvath, Karen D.
AU - Heller, Stephanie F.
AU - Farley, David R.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Objective: To describe the perspectives of surgical interns regarding the implications of the new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty-hour regulations for their training. Design: We compared responses of interns and surgery program directors on a survey about the proposed ACGME mandates. Setting: Eleven general surgery residency programs. Participants: Two hundred fifteen interns whowere administered the survey during the summer of 2011 and a previously surveyed national sample of 134 surgery program directors. Main Outcome Measures: Perceptions of the implications of the new duty-hour restrictions on various aspects of surgical training, including the 6 ACGME core competencies of graduate medical education, measured using 3-point scales (increase, no change, or decrease). Results: Of 215 eligible surgical interns, 179 (83.3%) completed the survey. Most interns believed that the new duty-hour regulations will decrease continuity with patients (80.3%), time spent operating (67.4%), and coordination of patient care (57.6%), while approximately half believed that the changes will decrease their acquisition of medical knowledge (48.0%), development of surgical skills (52.8%), and overall educational experience (51.1%). Most believed that the changes will improve or will not alter other aspects of training, and 61.5% believed that the new standards will decrease resident fatigue. Surgical interns were significantly less pessimistic than surgery program directors regarding the implications of the new duty-hour restrictions on all aspects of surgical training (P<.05 for all comparisons). Conclusions: Although less pessimistic than program directors, interns beginning their training under the new paradigm of duty-hour restrictions have significant concerns about the effect of these regulations on the quality of their training.
AB - Objective: To describe the perspectives of surgical interns regarding the implications of the new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty-hour regulations for their training. Design: We compared responses of interns and surgery program directors on a survey about the proposed ACGME mandates. Setting: Eleven general surgery residency programs. Participants: Two hundred fifteen interns whowere administered the survey during the summer of 2011 and a previously surveyed national sample of 134 surgery program directors. Main Outcome Measures: Perceptions of the implications of the new duty-hour restrictions on various aspects of surgical training, including the 6 ACGME core competencies of graduate medical education, measured using 3-point scales (increase, no change, or decrease). Results: Of 215 eligible surgical interns, 179 (83.3%) completed the survey. Most interns believed that the new duty-hour regulations will decrease continuity with patients (80.3%), time spent operating (67.4%), and coordination of patient care (57.6%), while approximately half believed that the changes will decrease their acquisition of medical knowledge (48.0%), development of surgical skills (52.8%), and overall educational experience (51.1%). Most believed that the changes will improve or will not alter other aspects of training, and 61.5% believed that the new standards will decrease resident fatigue. Surgical interns were significantly less pessimistic than surgery program directors regarding the implications of the new duty-hour restrictions on all aspects of surgical training (P<.05 for all comparisons). Conclusions: Although less pessimistic than program directors, interns beginning their training under the new paradigm of duty-hour restrictions have significant concerns about the effect of these regulations on the quality of their training.
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U2 - 10.1001/archsurg.2012.89
DO - 10.1001/archsurg.2012.89
M3 - Article
C2 - 22786539
AN - SCOPUS:84862660957
SN - 0004-0010
VL - 147
SP - 536
EP - 541
JO - Archives of Surgery
JF - Archives of Surgery
IS - 6
ER -