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- Title
Understanding the Influence of the Junior Attending Role on Transition to Practice: A Qualitative Study.
- Authors
Dunbar-Yaffe, Richard; Wu, Peter E.; Kay, Tatjana; Mylopoulos, Maria; McDonald-Blumer, Heather; Gold, Wayne L.; Stroud, Lynfa
- Abstract
The Junior Attending (JA) role is an educational model, commonly implemented in the final years of training, wherein a very senior resident assumes the responsibilities of an attending physician under supervision. However, there is heterogeneity in the model's structure, and data are lacking on how it facilitates transition to independent practice. The authors sought to determine the value of the JA role and factors that enabled a successful experience. The authors performed a collective case study informed by a constructivist grounded theory analytical approach. Twenty semi-structured interviews from 2017 to 2020 were conducted across 2 cases: (1) Most Responsible Physician JA role (general internal medicine), and (2) Consultant JA role (infectious diseases and rheumatology). Participants included recent graduates who experienced the JA role, supervising attendings, and resident and faculty physicians who had not experienced or supervised the role. Experiencing the JA role builds resident confidence and may support the transition to independent practice, mainly in non-medical expert domains, as well as comfort in dealing with clinical uncertainty. The relationship between the supervising attending and the JA is an essential success factor, with more productive experiences reported when there is an establishment of clear goals and role definition that preserves the autonomy of the JA and legitimizes the JA's status as a team leader. The JA model offers promise in supporting the transition to independent practice when key success factors are present.
- Subjects
GROUNDED theory; QUALITATIVE research; SEMI-structured interviews; COMMUNICABLE diseases; INTERNAL medicine
- Publication
Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
1949-8349
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4300/JGME-D-21-00728.1