Philip John, Whitten Charles W, Johnston William E
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-9068, USA.
J Clin Anesth. 2006 Sep;18(6):471-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.01.003.
Intuitively, independent study by residents would be expected to improve performance on the in-training examination (ITE). So far, however, studies that have examined this issue have used historical controls and have not evaluated the amount of personal study and its impact on performance. We therefore examined the relationship between the amount of self-reported time devoted to personal study by 36 clinical anesthesia year 1 and 2 residents at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and their scores on the ITE administered in July 2003. The average time spent in self-study was 8 +/- 3.6 hours per week, and the average scaled score was 28.7 +/- 7.3. Linear regression analysis revealed a positive correlation between hours spent in self-study per week and scaled score performance on the ITE (correlation coefficient = 0.64, P < 0.0001), where the ITE scaled score = (1.3) (hours of self-study per week) + 18.4. Our findings emphasize the importance of personal study by residents. In conjunction with our diverse clinical and didactic experience, these findings indicate that anesthesiology residents who invest a minimum of 10.5 hours of personal study per week are well positioned to achieve a passing score on the ITE.
直观地说，住院医师的自主学习有望提高培训期间考试（ITE）的成绩。然而，到目前为止，研究这个问题的研究使用的是历史对照，并且没有评估个人学习的时间量及其对成绩的影响。因此，我们研究了德克萨斯大学西南医学中心36名临床麻醉专业一年级和二年级住院医师自我报告的个人学习时间量与他们在2003年7月进行的ITE考试成绩之间的关系。自我学习的平均时间为每周8 +/- 3.6小时，平均标准化分数为28.7 +/- 7.3。线性回归分析显示，每周自我学习时间与ITE考试的标准化分数成绩之间存在正相关（相关系数 = 0.64，P < 0.0001），其中ITE标准化分数 = （1.3）（每周自我学习小时数）+ 18.4。我们的研究结果强调了住院医师个人学习的重要性。结合我们多样化的临床和教学经验，这些结果表明，每周至少投入10.5小时进行个人学习的麻醉学住院医师很有可能在ITE考试中获得及格分数。
