TY - JOUR
T1 - Resident perceptions and evaluations of fellow-led and resident-led surgical services
AU - Williams, Aaron M.
AU - Bhatti, Umar F.
AU - Barrett, Meredith
AU - Nikolian, Vahagn C.
AU - Han, Britta
AU - Matusko, Niki
AU - Sung, Randall S.
AU - Reddy, Rishindra M.
AU - Newman, Erika A.
AU - Woodside, Kenneth J.
AU - Sandhu, Gurjit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Background: The impact of fellowship training on general surgery residency has remained challenging to assess. Surgical resident perceptions of fellow-led and resident-led surgical services have not been well described. Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional data were collected from residents’ service evaluations from 7/2014 through 7/2017. Surgical services were categorized as resident-led or fellow-led. 31 variables were evaluated and collapsed into 7 factors including clinical experience, educational experiences, clinical staff, workload, feedback, treatment of residents, and overall rotation. Results: Among all PGY levels, fellow-led surgical services were rated significantly higher (p < 0.05) regarding clinical experience, clinical staff, treatment of residents, and overall rotation. PGY1-2 residents rated resident-led services significantly higher in the area of educational experiences, while PGY 3 residents rated resident-led services higher in the area of workload. However, PGY4-5 residents rated fellow-led services significantly higher in all 7 categories. Individual fellow-led services were rated significantly higher for various categories at different PGY levels. Conclusions: Surgical residents appear to value the educational experiences of fellow-led services. Each fellow-led service may ultimately provide unique educational opportunities and resources for different PGY levels.
AB - Background: The impact of fellowship training on general surgery residency has remained challenging to assess. Surgical resident perceptions of fellow-led and resident-led surgical services have not been well described. Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional data were collected from residents’ service evaluations from 7/2014 through 7/2017. Surgical services were categorized as resident-led or fellow-led. 31 variables were evaluated and collapsed into 7 factors including clinical experience, educational experiences, clinical staff, workload, feedback, treatment of residents, and overall rotation. Results: Among all PGY levels, fellow-led surgical services were rated significantly higher (p < 0.05) regarding clinical experience, clinical staff, treatment of residents, and overall rotation. PGY1-2 residents rated resident-led services significantly higher in the area of educational experiences, while PGY 3 residents rated resident-led services higher in the area of workload. However, PGY4-5 residents rated fellow-led services significantly higher in all 7 categories. Individual fellow-led services were rated significantly higher for various categories at different PGY levels. Conclusions: Surgical residents appear to value the educational experiences of fellow-led services. Each fellow-led service may ultimately provide unique educational opportunities and resources for different PGY levels.
KW - Fellow-led services
KW - General surgery
KW - Resident evaluations
KW - Resident perceptions
KW - Resident-led services
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.09.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 30224072
AN - SCOPUS:85053211229
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 217
SP - 373
EP - 381
JO - American journal of surgery
JF - American journal of surgery
IS - 2
ER -