CLICK TO GO BACK TO KIOSK MENU CLICK TO GO BACK TO KIOSK MENU Utilizing Departmental Policy to Promote Faculty Evaluation of Residents CLICK TO GO BACK TO KIOSK MENU Rosenblum J, Chhabra N, Schindlbeck M Cook County Health & Hospitals System Background Results Conclusions Pre-intervention average 0.334 evaluations per shift Post-intervention average 1.216 evaluations per shift Absolute increase in evaluations per shift of 0.882 P value < 0.01 ACGME requires faculty evaluation of residents Feedback should be incorporated into daily practice Not receiving timely feedback is an issue for many resident programs A policy requiring a certain number of evaluations be completed per shift can lead to a significant increase in the number of faculty evaluations provided to residents Limitations: Small sample size Short duration of observation Quality of evaluations Confounders CLICK TO GO BACK TO KIOSK MENU Question/Hypothesis Could a departmental policy requiring faculty to complete one evaluation per shift lead to an improvement in the number of evaluations completed per month? Methods Retrospective observational study of 28 full time faculty Paired t-test to compare evaluations completed per shift by each faculty 9 months before vs. 9 months after departmental policy was instituted

Utilizing Departmental Policy to Promote Faculty Evaluation of Residents Rosenblum J, Chhabra N, Schindlbeck M Cook County Health & Hospitals System ACGME requires faculty evaluation of residents Residents should incorporate feedback into daily practice Not receiving feedback in a timely manner remains an issue Introduction Question Methods Results Conclusions

Utilizing Departmental Policy to Promote Faculty Evaluation of Residents Rosenblum J, Chhabra N, Schindlbeck M Cook County Health & Hospitals System Could a departmental policy change lead to an increase in the number of resident evaluations completed? Policy: Faculty must complete at least one resident evaluation per shift to continue working with residents Introduction Question Methods Results Conclusions

Utilizing Departmental Policy to Promote Faculty Evaluation of Residents Rosenblum J, Chhabra N, Schindlbeck M Cook County Health & Hospitals System Retrospective observational study 28 full time EM attendings (FTA) Compared number of evaluations per shift by FTAs 9 months before vs. 9 months after the policy went into effect Pre- and post-intervention averages compared using paired t-test Introduction Question Methods Results Conclusions

Graph 1. Pre and post-intervention averages (click to enlarge) Utilizing Departmental Policy to Promote Faculty Evaluation of Residents Rosenblum J, Chhabra N, Schindlbeck M Cook County Health & Hospitals System Pre-intervention average faculty evaluation per shift was 0.334 Post-intervention average was 1.216 Absolute increase in evaluations per shift of 0.882 P value < 0.01 Introduction Question Methods Results Conclusions Graph 1. Pre and post-intervention averages (click to enlarge)

Utilizing Departmental Policy to Promote Faculty Evaluation of Residents Rosenblum J, Chhabra N, Schindlbeck M Cook County Health & Hospitals System Introduction Question Methods Results Conclusions

Utilizing Departmental Policy to Promote Faculty Evaluation of Residents Rosenblum J, Chhabra N, Schindlbeck M Cook County Health & Hospitals System Departmental policy threatening the privilege of working with residents can lead to a significant increase in the number of evaluations provided to residents Limitations of the study: small sample size, duration of observation, quality of evaluations, potential confounders Introduction Question Methods Results Conclusions