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Rochester Regional Health

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2023

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A Survey Of Internal Medicine Residents Comparing Virtual Academic Half Day To Traditional Academic Half Day Model, Basil George Verghese, Salem N. Thabet Nov 2023

A Survey Of Internal Medicine Residents Comparing Virtual Academic Half Day To Traditional Academic Half Day Model, Basil George Verghese, Salem N. Thabet

Advances in Clinical Medical Research and Healthcare Delivery

Introduction. Resident educational activities vary from institute to institute, with daily noon conferences or weekly academic half-day (AHD) models where dedicated protected time is available for resident teaching. The COVID-19 pandemic limited in-person educational activities, forcing residency programs to move toward virtual options, including the academic half-day (AHD). This survey-based cohort study aimed to understand residents' perception of virtual versus in-person AHD for educational activities during residency.

Methods. The survey was emailed to 72 Internal Medicine residency program residents at our institute during the first week of March, 2022. The responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's chi-square test, …