Resident Supervision Index: Assessing Feasibility and Validity
Information source: Department of Veterans Affairs
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Condition(s) targeted: Healthy
Phase: N/A
Status: Completed
Sponsored by: Department of Veterans Affairs Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Terrell Michael Kashner, PhD JD MPH, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA Dale S. Cannon, PhD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT
Summary
OBJECTIVES: To develop, assess feasibility, and test the validity of the Resident
Supervision Index (RSI), a survey tool for medical residents designed to measure
quantitatively the level of supervision the resident received while caring for an outpatient
during a patient care encounter.
RESEARCH DESIGN: This is a prospective trial assessing the Residency Supervision Index
(Index) applied to outpatient care encounters for content validity, test-retest reliability,
and construct validity.
Clinical Details
Official title: Resident Supervision Index: Assessing Feasibility and Validity
Study design: Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective
Primary outcome: Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Between Physician Resident and Attending Physician.
Secondary outcome: Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Assessing Test-retest Reliability for Resident PhysiciansIntraclass Correlation Coefficient for Test-retest Reliability for Attending Physicians
Detailed description:
OBJECTIVES: To develop, assess feasibility, and test the validity of the Resident
Supervision Index (RSI), a survey tool for medical residents designed to measure
quantitatively the level of supervision the resident received while caring for an outpatient
during a patient care encounter.
RESEARCH DESIGN: This is a prospective trial assessing the Residency Supervision Index
(Index) applied to outpatient care encounters for test-retest reliability and construct
validity.
METHODOLOGY: Trained interviewers administered the Index during face-to-face and in-clinic
interviews with 60 consenting resident physicians and their 37 consenting attending
physicians to descsribe the care they provided to 143 patients at the outpatient clinics
involving 148 clinical encounters at the Loma Linda VA Medical Center.
For each encounter, data comes from administering the Resident Supervision Index to the
resident and attending. Baseline data describing each subject (attending physicians and
resident physicians) came from face-to-face interviews.
Test-retest reliability is assessed by re-administering the Index to residents for within 24
hours of the encounter. Concurrent validity is assessed by re-administering the Index to the
attending physician responsible for the patient's care.
CLINICAL RELATIONSHIPS: The study will help our understanding of how residents at VA medical
centers receive training and are supervised for the purpose of both education and patient
outcomes.
IMPACT/SIGNIFICANCE: The instrument is planned for future studies to assess the association
between resident supervision and training outcomes, clinical workload, patient outcomes,
quality of care, and care costs.
Eligibility
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and females
- Ages 18 and older
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Locations and Contacts
VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA, Loma Linda, California 92357, United States
Additional Information
Related publications: Cannon GW, Keitz SA, Holland GJ, Chang BK, Byrne JM, Tomolo A, Aron DC, Wicker AB, Kashner TM. Factors determining medical students' and residents' satisfaction during VA-based training: findings from the VA Learners' Perceptions Survey. Acad Med. 2008 Jun;83(6):611-20. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181722e97. Kashner TM, Henley SS, Golden RM, Byrne JM, Keitz SA, Cannon GW, Chang BK, Holland GJ, Aron DC, Muchmore EA, Wicker A, White H. Studying the effects of ACGME duty hours limits on resident satisfaction: results from VA learners' perceptions survey. Acad Med. 2010 Jul;85(7):1130-9. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e1d7e3.
Starting date: March 2008
Last updated: April 6, 2015
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