Beyond the Comfort Zone: Residents Assess Their Comfort Performing Inpatient Medical Procedures Grace C. Huang, MD, C. Christopher Smith, MD, Craig E. Gordon, MD, David J. Feller-Kopman, MD, Roger B. Davis, ScD, Russell S. Phillips, MD, Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 119, Issue 1, Pages 71.e17-71.e24 (January 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.08.007 Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Comfort by number of procedures performed, by procedure. The percentage of procedures associated with comfort is graphed against the number of prior procedures reported by residents, by individual procedure and in aggregate. Thoracentesis was omitted because there were few procedures in the 11 to 15 and >15 range. The American Journal of Medicine 2006 119, 71.e17-71.e24DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.08.007) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions