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- Title
Advocacy skills in resident doctors.
- Authors
DeCesare, Julie; Jackson, Jessica
- Abstract
Background The objective of this project was to study whether a standardised patient clinical encounter learning exercise improved an Obstetrics and Gynaecology ( OBGYN) resident's ability to perform patient advocacy, a systems-based practice skill. Methods Case-control study: each of the 12 residents functioned as their own control. Additionally, aggregate data from the programme was reviewed. Results Twelve residents from a mid-sized OBGYN residency programme performed a standardised patient clinical encounter exercise in March of 2014. As demonstrated by the Assessment for Professional Behavior ( APB) 360° evaluation, the overall total scores for the programme on patient advocacy improved, with statistical significance, when analysed by the signed ranked test. Additionally, the residents' self-identified capability to perform advocacy improved after the programme, with statistical significance, when analysed by the signed rank test. Conclusions A standardised patient clinical encounter, used as a learning exercise, can demonstrate meaningful improvement in the advocacy skills of a resident doctor.
- Subjects
RESIDENTS (Medicine); PROFESSIONALISM; PROFESSIONAL education; PATIENT advocacy; COMPUTERS in education
- Publication
Clinical Teacher, 2016, Vol 13, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
1743-4971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tct.12366