Michael J. Breunig, PA-C, is a physician assistant for the Division of Hospital Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, and an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota.
Andrew J. Herber, PA-C, is a physician assistant for the Division of Hospital Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, and an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota.
J Physician Assist Educ. 2020 Mar;31(1):2-7. doi: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000285.
The purpose of this study was to describe participant characteristics and effective teaching methods at a national continuing medical education (CME) conference on hospital medicine for physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs).
In this cross-sectional study, participants provided demographic information and teaching effectiveness scores for each presentation. Associations between teaching effectiveness score and presentation characteristics were determined.
In total, 163 of 253 participants (64.4%) completed evaluations of 28 presentations. Many of the participants were younger than 50 years (69.0%), had practiced for fewer than 5 years (41.5%), and worked in nonacademic settings (76.7%). Teaching effectiveness scores were significantly associated with the use of clinical cases (perfect scores for 68.8% of presentations with clinical cases vs. 59.8% without; P = .04).
Many PAs and NPs at an HM CME conference were early-career clinicians working in nonacademic settings. Presenters at CME conferences in hospital medicine should consider using clinical cases to improve their teaching effectiveness among PA and NP learners.
本研究旨在描述参加全国医院医学继续教育(CME)会议的医师助理(PA)和护士从业者(NP)的参与者特征和有效教学方法。
在这项横断面研究中,参与者为每个演示文稿提供了人口统计学信息和教学效果评分。确定了教学效果评分与演示文稿特征之间的关联。
共有 253 名参与者中的 163 名(64.4%)完成了 28 个演示文稿的评估。许多参与者年龄小于 50 岁(69.0%),从业时间不到 5 年(41.5%),且在非学术环境中工作(76.7%)。教学效果评分与使用临床病例显著相关(有临床病例的演示文稿的满分率为 68.8%,而没有临床病例的演示文稿的满分率为 59.8%;P =.04)。
在 HM CME 会议上,许多 PA 和 NP 是处于职业生涯早期的临床医生,在非学术环境中工作。医院医学 CME 会议的演讲者应考虑使用临床病例来提高 PA 和 NP 学习者的教学效果。