TY - JOUR
T1 - Are continuity clinic patients less satisfied when residents have a heavy inpatient workload?
AU - Feddock, Christopher A.
AU - Hoellein, Andrew R.
AU - Griffith, Charles H.
AU - Wilson, John F.
AU - Becker, Natasha S.
AU - Bowerman, Jennifer L.
AU - Caudill, Timothy S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of resident nonclinic workload on the satisfaction of continuity clinic patients. Over a 2-month period in 2002, residents and patients were surveyed at the University of Kentucky internal medicine continuity clinic. Residents provided a self-report of their non-clinic workload as light or medium versus heavy or extremely heavy. Patient satisfaction was assessed with a 7-item, 10-point scale with items derived from commonly used patient satisfaction instruments. In 168 patient encounters, patients were significantly less satisfied with their clinic visit if they were seen by a resident who had a heavier workload. In addition, these patients gave significantly lower ratings with regard to the amount of time spent with the patient during the visit, and how well the resident listened and paid attention. Although alternative explanations exist, we propose that heavy hospital workload is associated with decreased patient satisfaction in resident continuity clinic.
AB - The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of resident nonclinic workload on the satisfaction of continuity clinic patients. Over a 2-month period in 2002, residents and patients were surveyed at the University of Kentucky internal medicine continuity clinic. Residents provided a self-report of their non-clinic workload as light or medium versus heavy or extremely heavy. Patient satisfaction was assessed with a 7-item, 10-point scale with items derived from commonly used patient satisfaction instruments. In 168 patient encounters, patients were significantly less satisfied with their clinic visit if they were seen by a resident who had a heavier workload. In addition, these patients gave significantly lower ratings with regard to the amount of time spent with the patient during the visit, and how well the resident listened and paid attention. Although alternative explanations exist, we propose that heavy hospital workload is associated with decreased patient satisfaction in resident continuity clinic.
KW - Ambulatory clinic
KW - Internship and residency
KW - Patient satisfaction
KW - Workload
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U2 - 10.1177/0163278705281070
DO - 10.1177/0163278705281070
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16272421
AN - SCOPUS:27744494220
SN - 0163-2787
VL - 28
SP - 390
EP - 399
JO - Evaluation and the Health Professions
JF - Evaluation and the Health Professions
IS - 4
ER -