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ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2020

Self-assessment of medical students and young physicians in training : Self-confidence of clinical competencies and working or learning environment.

Thomas Lambert, Hermann Blessberger, Alexander Fellner, Clemens Steinwender, Ara Tekian

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Article in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas LambertUniversity Hospital, Medical Faculty, Med Campus III, Department of Cardiology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Krankenhausstraße 9, 4020, Linz, Austria. thomas.lambert@kepleruniklinikum.at.
Hermann BlessbergerUniversity Hospital, Medical Faculty, Med Campus III, Department of Cardiology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Krankenhausstraße 9, 4020, Linz, Austria.
Alexander FellnerUniversity Hospital, Medical Faculty, Med Campus III, Department of Cardiology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Krankenhausstraße 9, 4020, Linz, Austria.
Clemens SteinwenderUniversity Hospital, Medical Faculty, Med Campus III, Department of Cardiology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Krankenhausstraße 9, 4020, Linz, Austria.
Ara TekianDepartment of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Kepler Universitätsklinikum · ATUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn 2015 medical training regulations have been restructured for postgraduate medical training in Austria resulting in a significant shortening of the training period. Furthermore, a restriction of working hours for physicians to 48 h per week was implemented affecting the framework of postgraduate medical training. The aim of this study was to obtain a self-assessment of students and young physicians in Austria regarding their self-confidence in clinical skills and their working and learning environment.

methodsIn this study 6th year medical students, physicians in their basic training (common trunk), physicians in family medicine training, and residents in their first 18 months of training were asked to participate in a survey. Self-reported data were collected for five different prespecified domains (communication, motor skills, knowledge, documentation, and emergency).

resultsIn all domains, self-confidence increased significantly during medical training. Analysis further revealed better results of residents compared with all other groups in all domains, whereas physicians in family medicine training only rated themselves better in the documentation domain (p = 0.010); however, the interest in family medicine was low, even among physicians in family medicine training. The workload significantly increased during medical education, with the highest stress levels for physicians in family medicine training and residents (p = 0.001).

conclusionsSelf-confidence of young physicians but also their stress levels increased during the medical training. Further studies are needed to answer the question why the interest in family medicine was so unexpectedly low in this cohort.

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Internship and ResidencyStudents, MedicalAdultAustriaClinical CompetenceFemaleHumansMaleSelf-AssessmentCommon trunkEducational needsMedical training regulationsPostgraduate medical trainingResidency

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