TY - JOUR
T1 - Operative report teaching and synoptic operative reports
T2 - A national survey of surgical program directors
AU - Melton, Genevieve B.
AU - Burkart, Nora E.
AU - Frey, Nathan G.
AU - Chipman, Jeffrey G.
AU - Rothenberger, David A.
AU - Vickers, Selwyn M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to acknowledge support from the American Surgical Association Foundation (GBM, NEB) and Institute for Health Informatics Seed Grant (GBM).
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Background Although operative report documentation (ORD) is an essential skill for surgeons and is evolving with electronic health records (EHRs), little is known about current ORD teaching in surgical training. Study Design An electronic survey was sent out in January 2012 to all 1,096 ACGME surgical program directors that assessed characteristics of training programs, EHR adoption, ORD education, synoptic or templated report usage for ORD, and attitudes and opinions about ORD education and electronic tools for ORD. Content thematic analysis of qualitative responses was performed iteratively until reaching saturation. Results Overall, 441 program directors (40%; 17.9 ± 8.8 years in practice) responded from university-affiliated (383 [87%]), community/private (44 [10%]), and military (14 [3%]) programs. Although most (n = 295 [67%]) consider ORD teaching a priority, only 76 (17%) programs provide ORD instruction. Program directors formally trained in ORD were more likely to offer ORD instruction (61% vs 11%; p < 0.0001), as were obstetrics/gynecology programs (obstetrics/gynecology 35% vs surgery 18%, neurosurgery 16%, ophthalmology 14%, orthopaedics 14%; p < 0.05 each). Although EHR adoption and electronically available operative reports were common (91%), besides ophthalmology (31%) and obstetrics/gynecology (30%) programs, ORD with synoptic reporting was used in only 18% of programs overall. Program directors perceived major barriers to ORD instruction and synoptic reporting for ORD. Conclusions Although most program directors consider ORD teaching an educational priority, incongruence exists between its perceived value and its adoption into surgical training. Operative report documentation with synoptic reporting is currently not common in most surgical subspecialties.
AB - Background Although operative report documentation (ORD) is an essential skill for surgeons and is evolving with electronic health records (EHRs), little is known about current ORD teaching in surgical training. Study Design An electronic survey was sent out in January 2012 to all 1,096 ACGME surgical program directors that assessed characteristics of training programs, EHR adoption, ORD education, synoptic or templated report usage for ORD, and attitudes and opinions about ORD education and electronic tools for ORD. Content thematic analysis of qualitative responses was performed iteratively until reaching saturation. Results Overall, 441 program directors (40%; 17.9 ± 8.8 years in practice) responded from university-affiliated (383 [87%]), community/private (44 [10%]), and military (14 [3%]) programs. Although most (n = 295 [67%]) consider ORD teaching a priority, only 76 (17%) programs provide ORD instruction. Program directors formally trained in ORD were more likely to offer ORD instruction (61% vs 11%; p < 0.0001), as were obstetrics/gynecology programs (obstetrics/gynecology 35% vs surgery 18%, neurosurgery 16%, ophthalmology 14%, orthopaedics 14%; p < 0.05 each). Although EHR adoption and electronically available operative reports were common (91%), besides ophthalmology (31%) and obstetrics/gynecology (30%) programs, ORD with synoptic reporting was used in only 18% of programs overall. Program directors perceived major barriers to ORD instruction and synoptic reporting for ORD. Conclusions Although most program directors consider ORD teaching an educational priority, incongruence exists between its perceived value and its adoption into surgical training. Operative report documentation with synoptic reporting is currently not common in most surgical subspecialties.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890787677
SN - 1072-7515
VL - 218
SP - 113
EP - 118
JO - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
JF - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
IS - 1
ER -