Resident Supervision Index: Assessing Feasibility and Validity

NCT ID: NCT00680368

Last Updated: 2015-04-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

97 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-03-31

Study Completion Date

2008-12-31

Brief Summary

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OBJECTIVES: To develop, assess feasibility, and test the validity of the Resident Supervision Index (RSI), a survey tool for medical residents designed to measure quantitatively the level of supervision the resident received while caring for an outpatient during a patient care encounter.

RESEARCH DESIGN: This is a prospective trial assessing the Residency Supervision Index (Index) applied to outpatient care encounters for content validity, test-retest reliability, and construct validity.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES: To develop, assess feasibility, and test the validity of the Resident Supervision Index (RSI), a survey tool for medical residents designed to measure quantitatively the level of supervision the resident received while caring for an outpatient during a patient care encounter.

RESEARCH DESIGN: This is a prospective trial assessing the Residency Supervision Index (Index) applied to outpatient care encounters for test-retest reliability and construct validity.

METHODOLOGY: Trained interviewers administered the Index during face-to-face and in-clinic interviews with 60 consenting resident physicians and their 37 consenting attending physicians to descsribe the care they provided to 143 patients at the outpatient clinics involving 148 clinical encounters at the Loma Linda VA Medical Center.

For each encounter, data comes from administering the Resident Supervision Index to the resident and attending. Baseline data describing each subject (attending physicians and resident physicians) came from face-to-face interviews.

Test-retest reliability is assessed by re-administering the Index to residents for within 24 hours of the encounter. Concurrent validity is assessed by re-administering the Index to the attending physician responsible for the patient's care.

CLINICAL RELATIONSHIPS: The study will help our understanding of how residents at VA medical centers receive training and are supervised for the purpose of both education and patient outcomes.

IMPACT/SIGNIFICANCE: The instrument is planned for future studies to assess the association between resident supervision and training outcomes, clinical workload, patient outcomes, quality of care, and care costs.

Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Residents and Attending Physicians

This group contains the residents and the attending physicians who consented to participate in the study. They participated in a survey administered by a research assistant. Both physician resident and attending physicians were administered the survey twice within 24-hours and their test-retest responses were compared for reliability. Responses to attending and resident physicians covering the care for the patient and clinical care encounter were compared for accuracy.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Males and females
* Ages 18 and older

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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US Department of Veterans Affairs

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Terrell Michael Kashner, PhD JD MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA

Dale S. Cannon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT

Locations

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VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Cannon GW, Keitz SA, Holland GJ, Chang BK, Byrne JM, Tomolo A, Aron DC, Wicker AB, Kashner TM. Factors determining medical students' and residents' satisfaction during VA-based training: findings from the VA Learners' Perceptions Survey. Acad Med. 2008 Jun;83(6):611-20. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181722e97.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18520472 (View on PubMed)

Kashner TM, Henley SS, Golden RM, Byrne JM, Keitz SA, Cannon GW, Chang BK, Holland GJ, Aron DC, Muchmore EA, Wicker A, White H. Studying the effects of ACGME duty hours limits on resident satisfaction: results from VA learners' perceptions survey. Acad Med. 2010 Jul;85(7):1130-9. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e1d7e3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20592508 (View on PubMed)

Byrne JM, Kashner M, Gilman SC, Aron DC, Cannon GW, Chang BK, Godleski L, Golden RM, Henley SS, Holland GJ, Kaminetzky CP, Keitz SA, Kirsh S, Muchmore EA, Wicker AB. Measuring the intensity of resident supervision in the department of veterans affairs: the resident supervision index. Acad Med. 2010 Jul;85(7):1171-81. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d5a954.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20305532 (View on PubMed)

Kashner TM, Byrne JM, Henley SS, Golden RM, Aron DC, Cannon GW, Chang BK, Gilman SC, Holland GJ, Kaminetzky CP, Keitz SA, Muchmore EA, Kashner TK, Wicker AB. Measuring progressive independence with the resident supervision index: theoretical approach. J Grad Med Educ. 2010 Mar;2(1):8-16. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-09-00083.1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21975879 (View on PubMed)

Kashner TM, Byrne JM, Chang BK, Henley SS, Golden RM, Aron DC, Cannon GW, Gilman SC, Holland GJ, Kaminetzky CP, Keitz SA, Muchmore EA, Kashner TK, Wicker AB. Measuring progressive independence with the resident supervision index: empirical approach. J Grad Med Educ. 2010 Mar;2(1):17-30. doi: 10.4300/1949-8357-2.1.17.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21975880 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SHP 08-164

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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