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Measuring surgical trainee perceptions to assess the operating room educational environment.

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2010-07
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Diwadkar, Gouri B
Jelovsek, J Eric
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OBJECTIVE: To determine measurable differences in the perception of learning between junior and senior residents in the operating rooms of an obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) residency program. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Using a cross-sectional design, the Operating Room Educational Environment Measure (OREEM), a 40-item educational environment inventory, was administered to 28 OBGYN residents from 1 training program, who train at 3 hospital sites. The OREEM measures a trainee's perceptions of the teaching surgeon, learning opportunities, operating room atmosphere, and workload. The primary outcome was total OREEM scores and secondary outcomes were OREEM subscale scores, global impression of education, and internal consistency and validity of the OREEM scale. Group sample sizes of 10 and 10 achieved 80% power to detect a 10% difference between group mean OREEM scores +/- 10% with a significance level of 0.05. RESULTS: Twenty-four residents including 11 junior (postgraduate years 1 and 2) and 13 senior (postgraduate years 3 and 4) residents were included in the analysis. Total OREEM scores, learning opportunities, and workload/support subscale scores were significantly lower for junior residents compared with senior residents across all sites. Perceptions of learning at a multispecialty tertiary referral hospital were lower than the community and regional hospitals. This was secondary to complexity of cases, subspecialty fellows, and decreased opportunities to first-assist in the operating room. The OREEM demonstrated acceptable reliability and construct validity. CONCLUSIONS: There are measurable differences in perception of the operating room educational environment between junior and senior OBGYN residents using the reliable and valid Operating Room Educational Environment Measure.
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Journal article
Subject
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cross-Sectional Studies
Educational Measurement
Gynecology
Humans
Internship and Residency
Obstetrics
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital
Operating Rooms
Surveys and Questionnaires
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15389
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10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.04.006
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Diwadkar, Gouri B; & Jelovsek, J Eric (2010). Measuring surgical trainee perceptions to assess the operating room educational environment. J Surg Educ, 67(4). pp. 210-216. 10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.04.006. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/15389.
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Jelovsek

John E Jelovsek

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Jelovsek is the F. Bayard Carter Distinguished Professor of OBGYN at Duke University and serves as Director of Data Science for Women’s Health. He is Board Certified in OBGYN by the American Board of OBGYN and in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery by the American Board of OBGYN and American Board of Urology. He has an active surgical practice in urogynecology based out of Duke Raleigh. He has expertise as a clinician-scientist in developing and evaluating clini
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