S. Goldstein, D. Feierman, G. Samayoa, R. Roth, E. Delphin, Yuriy A. Gubenko, Malka Stohl, J. Rimal, Andrei Botea, Ronit Zweig, N. Skubas
{"title":"Assessment of Didactic Transesophageal Echocardiography Education During Anesthesia Residency.","authors":"S. Goldstein, D. Feierman, G. Samayoa, R. Roth, E. Delphin, Yuriy A. Gubenko, Malka Stohl, J. Rimal, Andrei Botea, Ronit Zweig, N. Skubas","doi":"10.46374/volxxii_issue3_goldstein","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii_issue3_goldstein","url":null,"abstract":"Background\u0000Transesophageal echocardiography can be a useful monitor during noncardiac surgery, in patients with comorbidities and/or undergoing procedures associated with substantial hemodynamic changes. The goal of this study was to investigate if transesophageal-echocardiography-related knowledge could be acquired during anesthesia residency.\u0000\u0000\u0000Methods\u0000After institutional review board approval, a prospective observational study was performed in two anesthesiology residency programs. After a 41-week didactic transesophageal-echocardiography-education curriculum residents' exam scores were compared to baseline. The educators' examination was validated against the National Board of Echocardiography's Examination of Special Competence in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000After the 41-week course, clinical anesthesia (CA)-3 exam scores increased 12% compared to baseline (P = .03), CA-2 scores increased 29% (P = .007), and CA-1 scores increased 25% (P = .002). Pearson correlation coefficient between the educators' exam score and the special competence exam percentile rank was 0.69 (P = .006). Pearson correlation coefficient between the educators' exam score and the special competence exam scaled score was 0.71 (P = .0045).\u0000\u0000\u0000Conclusions\u0000The 41-week course resulted in significant increases in exam scores in all 3 CA-classes. While didactic knowledge can be learned by anesthesiology residents during training, it requires significant time and effort. It is important to educate residents in echocardiography, to prepare them for board examinations and to care for the increasingly older and sicker patient population. Further work needs to be done to determine optimal methods to provide such education.","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 3 1","pages":"E644"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49535866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Travis H Markham, Johanna B de Haan, Sara Guzman-Reyes, John F Zaki, Semhar J Ghebremichael, Carlos Artime, Evan G Pivalizza
{"title":"Anesthesiology Resident Performance on the US Medical Licensing Examination Predicts Success on the American Board of Anesthesiology BASIC Staged Examination: An Observational Study.","authors":"Travis H Markham, Johanna B de Haan, Sara Guzman-Reyes, John F Zaki, Semhar J Ghebremichael, Carlos Artime, Evan G Pivalizza","doi":"10.46374/volxxii-issue3-Markham","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii-issue3-Markham","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Correlation has been found between the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 examination results and anesthesiology resident success on American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) examinations. In 2014, the ABA instituted the BASIC examination at the end of the postgraduate year-2 year. We hypothesized a similar predictive value of USMLE scores on BASIC examination success.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>After the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects at UTHealth Institutional Review Board approved and waived written consent, we retrospectively evaluated USMLE Step examination performance on first-time BASIC examination success in a single academic department from 2014-2018.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over 5 years, 120 residents took the ABA BASIC examination and 108 (90%) passed on the first attempt. Ten of 12 first-time failures were successful on repeat examination but analyzed in the failure group. Complete data was available for 92 residents (76.7%), with absent scores primarily reflecting osteopathic graduates who completed Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States level examinations rather than USMLE. In the failure cohort, all 3 USMLE examination step scores were lower (<i>P</i> < .02). USMLE Step 1 score independently predicted success on the BASIC examination (odds ratio [OR] 1.11, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-1.17, <i>P</i> < .001). Although USMLE Step 2 score predicted BASIC examination success (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.04-1.18, <i>P</i> = .001), this did not remain after adjustment for Step 1 score using multiple logistic regression (<i>P</i> = .11). In multivariable logistical regression, first clinical anesthesia in-training examination score and USMLE Step 1 score were significant for predictors of success on the BASIC exam.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In anesthesiology residency training, our preliminary single-center data is the first to suggest that USMLE Step 1 performance could be used as a predictor of success on the recently introduced ABA BASIC Examination. These findings do not support recent action to change USMLE scoring to a pass/fail report.</p>","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 3","pages":"E646"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7664601/pdf/i2333-0406-22-3-markham.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38726985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob G Fowler, David P VanEenenaam, Kathleen N Johnson, Justin R Traunero, John E Reynolds
{"title":"Sticks or Carrots? How an Easy-to-Implement Incentive Plan Improved Our Performance on the In-training Exam.","authors":"Jacob G Fowler, David P VanEenenaam, Kathleen N Johnson, Justin R Traunero, John E Reynolds","doi":"10.46374/volxxii-issue3-Reynolds","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii-issue3-Reynolds","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In-training examinations (ITEs) are commonly used by residency programs to measure competency in their respective fields. It has been demonstrated that success on the ITE is correlated to First Time Pass Rate (FTPR) on the boards. Therefore, it is important to motivate residents to perform well on these exams. Previous studies indicate positive incentivization may contribute to improvement on examinations. The objective of our study was to determine whether introduction of a positive incentive could improve resident performance on the ITE and/or FTPR on the advanced certifying exam.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A positive incentive was introduced in 2017 (certificate of commendation, curriculum vitae honor, public recognition, and $500 in their books/travel allowance) to residents who achieved the target score on the ITE (80th percentile). A survey was then provided to these residents to determine which incentives contributed most to their motivation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Before the incentivization, 21 (15.1%) of the previous 149 senior residents reached the target score on the annual ITE. After incentivization, this improved to 28 (30.9%) of 81 (<i>P</i> = .0056). The FTPR on the advanced certifying exam was 90% before incentivization and 97.6% after (<i>P</i> = .14). The survey found that the primary motivators were extra funding, honor on their curriculum vitae, and public recognition.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found that our residents had significant improvements on the annual ITE after the introduction of positive incentives. This incentivization may be easily implemented by program directors in their respective medical residencies to increase examination performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 3","pages":"E647"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7664600/pdf/i2333-0406-22-3-reynolds.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38726986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob G. Fowler, D. Vaneenenaam, Kathleen N. Johnson, J. Traunero, J. E. Reynolds
{"title":"Sticks or Carrots? How an Easy-to-Implement Incentive Plan Improved Our Performance on the In-training Exam.","authors":"Jacob G. Fowler, D. Vaneenenaam, Kathleen N. Johnson, J. Traunero, J. E. Reynolds","doi":"10.46374/volxxii_issue3_reynolds","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii_issue3_reynolds","url":null,"abstract":"Background\u0000In-training examinations (ITEs) are commonly used by residency programs to measure competency in their respective fields. It has been demonstrated that success on the ITE is correlated to First Time Pass Rate (FTPR) on the boards. Therefore, it is important to motivate residents to perform well on these exams. Previous studies indicate positive incentivization may contribute to improvement on examinations. The objective of our study was to determine whether introduction of a positive incentive could improve resident performance on the ITE and/or FTPR on the advanced certifying exam.\u0000\u0000\u0000Methods\u0000A positive incentive was introduced in 2017 (certificate of commendation, curriculum vitae honor, public recognition, and $500 in their books/travel allowance) to residents who achieved the target score on the ITE (80th percentile). A survey was then provided to these residents to determine which incentives contributed most to their motivation.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000Before the incentivization, 21 (15.1%) of the previous 149 senior residents reached the target score on the annual ITE. After incentivization, this improved to 28 (30.9%) of 81 (P = .0056). The FTPR on the advanced certifying exam was 90% before incentivization and 97.6% after (P = .14). The survey found that the primary motivators were extra funding, honor on their curriculum vitae, and public recognition.\u0000\u0000\u0000Conclusions\u0000We found that our residents had significant improvements on the annual ITE after the introduction of positive incentives. This incentivization may be easily implemented by program directors in their respective medical residencies to increase examination performance.","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 3 1","pages":"E647"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41370821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Travis H Markham, J. D. de Haan, S. Guzman-Reyes, John F. Zaki, Semhar J. Ghebremichael, C. Artime, E. Pivalizza
{"title":"Anesthesiology Resident Performance on the US Medical Licensing Examination Predicts Success on the American Board of Anesthesiology BASIC Staged Examination: An Observational Study.","authors":"Travis H Markham, J. D. de Haan, S. Guzman-Reyes, John F. Zaki, Semhar J. Ghebremichael, C. Artime, E. Pivalizza","doi":"10.46374/volxxii_issue3_markham","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii_issue3_markham","url":null,"abstract":"Background\u0000Correlation has been found between the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 examination results and anesthesiology resident success on American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) examinations. In 2014, the ABA instituted the BASIC examination at the end of the postgraduate year-2 year. We hypothesized a similar predictive value of USMLE scores on BASIC examination success.\u0000\u0000\u0000Methods\u0000After the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects at UTHealth Institutional Review Board approved and waived written consent, we retrospectively evaluated USMLE Step examination performance on first-time BASIC examination success in a single academic department from 2014-2018.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000Over 5 years, 120 residents took the ABA BASIC examination and 108 (90%) passed on the first attempt. Ten of 12 first-time failures were successful on repeat examination but analyzed in the failure group. Complete data was available for 92 residents (76.7%), with absent scores primarily reflecting osteopathic graduates who completed Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States level examinations rather than USMLE. In the failure cohort, all 3 USMLE examination step scores were lower (P < .02). USMLE Step 1 score independently predicted success on the BASIC examination (odds ratio [OR] 1.11, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-1.17, P < .001). Although USMLE Step 2 score predicted BASIC examination success (OR 1.10, 95% CI 1.04-1.18, P = .001), this did not remain after adjustment for Step 1 score using multiple logistic regression (P = .11). In multivariable logistical regression, first clinical anesthesia in-training examination score and USMLE Step 1 score were significant for predictors of success on the BASIC exam.\u0000\u0000\u0000Conclusions\u0000In anesthesiology residency training, our preliminary single-center data is the first to suggest that USMLE Step 1 performance could be used as a predictor of success on the recently introduced ABA BASIC Examination. These findings do not support recent action to change USMLE scoring to a pass/fail report.","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 3 1","pages":"E646"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49242082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah L Nizamuddin, Junaid Nizamuddin, Usman Latif, Avery Tung, Jerome M Klafta, Sang M Lee, Cindy M Ku, David L Stahl, Jason Lee, Sajid S Shahul
{"title":"Be Active and Be Well? A Cross-sectional Survey of US Anesthesia Residents.","authors":"Sarah L Nizamuddin, Junaid Nizamuddin, Usman Latif, Avery Tung, Jerome M Klafta, Sang M Lee, Cindy M Ku, David L Stahl, Jason Lee, Sajid S Shahul","doi":"10.46374/volxxii-issue2-nizamuddin","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii-issue2-nizamuddin","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Wellness among resident physicians is important to their well-being and ability to provide clinical care. The relationship between physical activity and wellness among anesthesia residents has not yet been evaluated. We surveyed anesthesia residents to evaluate their levels of physical activity and self-perceived wellness scores. We hypothesized that residents with high self-reported physical activity levels would be more likely to have higher wellness scores.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three hundred and twenty-three anesthesia residents were invited to participate in this cross-sectional survey study. The survey included questions regarding demographics (age, gender, clinical anesthesia year, work hours), physical activity (based off the US Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS] guidelines), and wellness (using the Satisfaction With Life Scale). The relationship between wellness and physical activity levels was evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred forty-one residents responded (43.6% response rate). Thirty-eight (27.1%) residents met our activity threshold for physically active. Eighty-six respondents (61.4%) were classified as having high wellness based on their survey answers. No significant associations were found between demographic data and wellness, including age or clinical anesthesia training year. Among those residents who described physical activity consistent with USDHHS guidelines, 29 (76.3%) had high wellness scores. After logistic regression analysis, residents who achieved the physical activity guidelines were more likely to have high wellness scores (odds ratio 2.54, 95% confidence interval 1.13-6.20, <i>P</i> value .03).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Anesthesia resident physicians with high physical activity levels had higher self-perceived wellness scores.</p>","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 2","pages":"E640"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485433/pdf/i2333-0406-22-2-Nizamuddin.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38485365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Follow-up to the article published in The Journal of Education in Perioperative Medicine 2018: <i>A Program Director Survey of the Clinical Base Year in Anesthesiology Residency Programs</i>.","authors":"Morgan Moller, Bryan Mahoney, Barbara Orlando","doi":"10.46374/volxxii-issue2-lettertoeditors","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii-issue2-lettertoeditors","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 2","pages":"E639"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485432/pdf/i2333-0406-22-2-Moller.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38387756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas J Caruso, Jimmy Qian, Kiley Lawrence, Emma Armstrong-Carter, Benjamin W Domingue
{"title":"From Socrates to Virtual Reality: A Historical Review of Learning Theories and Their Influence on the Training of Anesthesiologists.","authors":"Thomas J Caruso, Jimmy Qian, Kiley Lawrence, Emma Armstrong-Carter, Benjamin W Domingue","doi":"10.46374/volxxii-issue2-Caruso","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46374/volxxii-issue2-Caruso","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past couple of centuries, the training of American physicians, and anesthesiologists in particular, has undergone a radical transformation. The revolution of medical training has been and continues to be fueled by insights from learning theorists. In this historical review, we discuss the origins of American medical education in the 1700s and continue through the centuries illustrating the impact of learning theories on the education and training of anesthesiologists. In particular, we explore the impact of learning theories of the 1800s and the adult-centered teaching strategies of the 1900s. We also discuss the role of learning theories in molding medical education in the modern technological age.","PeriodicalId":75067,"journal":{"name":"The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM","volume":"22 2","pages":"E638"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485431/pdf/i2333-0406-22-2-Caruso.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38387755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}