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Progression through residency training had a positive effect on patient outcomes, with more senior residents showing better outcomes in six of ten 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

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q2 i? Six of ten studies comparing training years showed more senior residents had better patient outcomes or higher patient satisfaction scores compared with junior residents. → 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 ten studies comparing patient outcomes across resident training years. The review reports that "more senior residents had better patient outcomes or higher patient satisfaction scores compared with junior residents" in six studies, with one reporting a non-significant trend.

"Six studies showed that more senior residents had better patient outcomes or higher patient satisfaction scores compared with junior residents [42-44,46,47,50]."

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