Tuncel-Kara Meryem, Islam Ebtesam Attaya, Wang Helen, Pelley John, Nugent Kenneth
Departments of Internal Medicine (Tuncel-Kara, Islam, Wang, Nugent) and Cell Biology and Biochemistry (Pelley), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2015 Apr;28(2):160-2. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2015.11929218.
Since restricted resident work hours have reduced resident participation in traditional educational activities, we wanted to evaluate e-mail-based education in an internal medicine residency. One internal medicine faculty member sent four clinical case-based questions per week to all internal medicine residents over a 10-month period (132 questions total). The mean percentage of participation on a set of questions was 69% (range, 43% to 97%). The mean percentage of correct answers on all questions for all residents was 70% (range, 15% to 100%). Seventy-three percent of the question sets resulted in an electronic interaction between the residents and the faculty sponsor. Based on an anonymous survey, 96% of the residents found the program useful. The faculty sponsor spent 60 to 150 minutes per week on this activity. We think that this program increased overall reading since it did not replace any traditional activity; further, it provided practice with board-type questions. This approach can supplement the educational curriculum for internal medicine training.
由于限制住院医师工作时长减少了住院医师参与传统教育活动的机会，我们希望评估在内科住院医师培训中基于电子邮件的教育方式。一名内科教员在10个月的时间里每周向所有内科住院医师发送4个基于临床病例的问题（共132个问题）。一组问题的平均参与率为69%（范围为43%至97%）。所有住院医师对所有问题的平均正确回答率为70%（范围为15%至100%）。73%的问题集引发了住院医师与教员发起者之间的电子互动。根据一项匿名调查，96%的住院医师认为该项目有用。教员发起者每周花60至150分钟在这项活动上。我们认为这个项目增加了整体阅读量，因为它没有取代任何传统活动；此外，它提供了针对委员会类型问题的练习。这种方法可以补充内科培训的教育课程。
