Edie Y Chan1, Daniel J Deziel2, Bruce A Orkin2, Norman L Wool2. 1. Department of General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: edie_y_chan@rush.edu. 2. Department of General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Systems-based practice (SBP) is a core competency of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) that must be integrated into residency training. We sought to develop a method to improve resident understanding using a teamwork competition model. METHODS: The residents were given a pretest to assess their understanding of SBP followed by a didactic lecture. They were then divided into teams to solve a programmatic "problem" in the residency. Each team had to prove that their solution best fulfilled the expectations of SBP. Their solutions were then presented at a departmental conference followed by a post-test to evaluate knowledge. RESULTS: In the pretest, 33% of the residents understood what SBP meant and only 15% knew the components of SBP. In the post-test, this increased to 85% and 89%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: SBP is a competency mandated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in residency training. Using a novel approach, we were able to improve the residents' understanding of SBP.
BACKGROUND: Systems-based practice (SBP) is a core competency of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) that must be integrated into residency training. We sought to develop a method to improve resident understanding using a teamwork competition model. METHODS: The residents were given a pretest to assess their understanding of SBP followed by a didactic lecture. They were then divided into teams to solve a programmatic "problem" in the residency. Each team had to prove that their solution best fulfilled the expectations of SBP. Their solutions were then presented at a departmental conference followed by a post-test to evaluate knowledge. RESULTS: In the pretest, 33% of the residents understood what SBP meant and only 15% knew the components of SBP. In the post-test, this increased to 85% and 89%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: SBP is a competency mandated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in residency training. Using a novel approach, we were able to improve the residents' understanding of SBP.
Authors: Enrico G Castillo; Jessica Isom; Katrina L DeBonis; Ayana Jordan; Joel T Braslow; Robert Rohrbaugh Journal: Acad Med Date: 2020-12 Impact factor: 6.893