Individual progression of residents had a positive effect on patient outcomes, reported in seven studies¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Seven studies covering individual residents' learning curves reported positive patient outcomes as residents progressed, including decreased operation time between first and last cases and improved bedside ultrasonography performance. → van der Leeuw Renée M 2012

Evidence¶

van der Leeuw Renée M 2012¶

van der Leeuw Renée M, Lombarts Kiki MJMH, Arah Onyebuchi A, Heineman Maas Jan. (2012). A systematic review of the effects of residency training on patient outcomes. BMC Medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391170/

q2 · i? · review · r3

Narrative synthesis of seven studies on individual resident progression. The review reports six surgical studies describing "a decrease in operation time between the first and last cases performed by residents" and one emergency medicine study reporting improved bedside ultrasonography performance.

"Of the seven studies, six surgical studies (general surgery and obstetrics and gynecology) describe a decrease in operation time between the first and last cases performed by residents [35-38,40,41]."

Discussion¶

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