Survey of overnight academic hospitalist supervision of trainees

Authors:
  • ABAlfred Burger
    Alfred Burger
  • RBRomsai T. Boonayasai
    Romsai T. Boonayasai
  • LLLuci Leykum
    Luci Leykum
  • RHRebecca Harrison
    Rebecca Harrison
  • JMJulie Machulsky
    Julie Machulsky
  • VPVikas Parekh
    Vikas Parekh
  • BSBradley A. Sharpe
    Bradley A. Sharpe
  • ASAnneliese M. Schleyer
    Anneliese M. Schleyer
  • FSFor The Sgim Housestaff Oversight Subcommittee
    For The Sgim Housestaff Oversight Subcommittee
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Abstract
In 2003, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced the first in a series of guidelines related to the residency training. The most recent recommendations include explicit recommendations regarding the provision of on‐site clinical supervision for trainees of internal medicine. To meet these standards, many internal medicine residency programs turned to hospitalist programs to fill that need. However, much is unknown about the current relationships between hospitalist and residency programs, specifically with regard to supervisory roles and supervision policies. We aimed to describe how academic hospitalists currently supervise housestaff during the on‐call, or overnight, period and hospitalist program leader their perceptions of how these new policies would impact trainee‐hospitalist interactions. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2012; © 2012 Society of Hospital Medicine