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A Content Analysis Of The Scholarly Activity Requirements In Acgme-Accredited Residency And Fellowship Programs, Kari Nelson, Jacob Pfeifer, Emily Zurbuchen, Chandrakanth Are Dec 2021

A Content Analysis Of The Scholarly Activity Requirements In Acgme-Accredited Residency And Fellowship Programs, Kari Nelson, Jacob Pfeifer, Emily Zurbuchen, Chandrakanth Are

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) common and specialty program requirements stipulate that residents/fellows participate in scholarly activities. The ACGME provides a reporting template tool for scholarly activity to be utilized by all specialties for evaluation annually. In this study, we aimed to: 1) Conduct a content analysis of the specialty scholarly activity requirements for all ACGME-accredited training programs to identify commonalities and variations, and 2) Assess alignment between the specialty scholarly activity requirements and the reporting template tool provided by the ACGME.

Methods: The scholarly activity requirements for all ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship specialties …


Evaluation Of Resident Satisfaction In The Current Era: A Local Perspective On A National Issue, Paul Aylward, Kari L. Nelson, Chandrakanth Are Sep 2020

Evaluation Of Resident Satisfaction In The Current Era: A Local Perspective On A National Issue, Paul Aylward, Kari L. Nelson, Chandrakanth Are

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

Background: Mitigating resident burnout is a high priority for medical centers. Monitoring residents’ overall perceptions of their training environments could be a reliable indicator of potential future burnout. Furthermore, recent national studies suggest procedural specialties have a higher burnout rate and lower satisfaction than non-procedural specialties. In the current study, we utilized institutional data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) resident survey to better understand trends related to our residency program learning environments over time (2012-2018) and by specialty grouping (procedural versus non-procedural).

Methods: Annual ACGME survey results from 2012 to 2018 were retrospectively analyzed to determine …