BACKGROUND: Medical scribes have been shown to improve emergency department (ED) throughput, physician productivity metrics, and patient satisfaction by fulfilling primary documentation and nonclinical functions. Little research has been done to date to study the effect of implementing a scribe program in a residency setting. OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to investigate emergency medicine residents' perception of their educational experience, including interactions with faculty, before and after the implementation of an ED scribe program. METHODS: We used a pre-post design to assess residents' perceptions of their educational experience before and after implementation of the scribe program. Residents at a large, urban academic medical center with an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited, 4-year emergency medicine residency program were surveyed during August 2015 (prior to the implementation of the scribe program) and April 2016 (6 months after implementation). RESULTS: Residents reported improved educational experiences with statistically significant changes in the following areas: increased interaction with faculty due to fewer documentation requirements (P = .012); more face-to-face teaching with faculty (P < .001); increased faculty supervision for procedures (P = .016); and a decrease of delays in patient disposition due to incomplete documentation (P = .029). CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of an ED scribe program in an urban 4-year emergency medicine residency program led to improvements in residents' perceptions of their education.
BACKGROUND: Medical scribes have been shown to improve emergency department (ED) throughput, physician productivity metrics, and patient satisfaction by fulfilling primary documentation and nonclinical functions. Little research has been done to date to study the effect of implementing a scribe program in a residency setting. OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to investigate emergency medicine residents' perception of their educational experience, including interactions with faculty, before and after the implementation of an ED scribe program. METHODS: We used a pre-post design to assess residents' perceptions of their educational experience before and after implementation of the scribe program. Residents at a large, urban academic medical center with an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited, 4-year emergency medicine residency program were surveyed during August 2015 (prior to the implementation of the scribe program) and April 2016 (6 months after implementation). RESULTS: Residents reported improved educational experiences with statistically significant changes in the following areas: increased interaction with faculty due to fewer documentation requirements (P = .012); more face-to-face teaching with faculty (P < .001); increased faculty supervision for procedures (P = .016); and a decrease of delays in patient disposition due to incomplete documentation (P = .029). CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of an ED scribe program in an urban 4-year emergency medicine residency program led to improvements in residents' perceptions of their education.
Authors: Aveh Bastani; Blerina Shaqiri; Kristen Palomba; Dominic Bananno; William Anderson Journal: Am J Emerg Med Date: 2014-03-15 Impact factor: 2.469
Authors: Jeremy J Hess; Joshua Wallenstein; Jeremy D Ackerman; Murtaza Akhter; Douglas Ander; Matthew T Keadey; James P Capes Journal: West J Emerg Med Date: 2015-10-20
Authors: Katherine Walker; Michael Ben-Meir; William Dunlop; Rachel Rosler; Adam West; Gabrielle O'Connor; Thomas Chan; Diana Badcock; Mark Putland; Kim Hansen; Carmel Crock; Danny Liew; David Taylor; Margaret Staples Journal: BMJ Date: 2019-01-30