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ArticleBMJ open2022

Methodology paper for the General Medicine Inpatient Initiative Medical Education Database (GEMINI MedED): a retrospective cohort study of internal medicine resident case-mix, clinical care and patient outcomes.

Andrew Cl Lam, Brandon Tang, Anushka Lalwani, Amol A Verma, Brian M Wong, Fahad Razak, Shiphra Ginsburg

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Andrew Cl Lam *Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6923-2721
Brandon Tang *Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Anushka LalwaniLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Amol A VermaDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Brian M WongDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Fahad RazakDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Shiphra GinsburgDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada shiphra.ginsburg@utoronto.ca.

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Abstract

introductionUnwarranted variation in patient care among physicians is associated with negative patient outcomes and increased healthcare costs. Care variation likely also exists for resident physicians. Despite the global movement towards outcomes-based and competency-based medical education, current assessment strategies in residency do not routinely incorporate clinical outcomes. The widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) may enable the implementation of in-training assessments that incorporate clinical care and patient outcomes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The General Medicine Inpatient Initiative Medical Education Database (GEMINI MedED) is a retrospective cohort study of senior residents (postgraduate year 2/3) enrolled in the University of Toronto Internal Medicine (IM) programme between 1 April 2010 and 31 December 2020. This study focuses on senior IM residents and patients they admit overnight to four academic hospitals. Senior IM residents are responsible for overseeing all overnight admissions; thus, care processes and outcomes for these clinical encounters can be at least partially attributed to the care they provide. Call schedules from each hospital, which list the date, location and senior resident on-call, will be used to link senior residents to EHR data of patients admitted during their on-call shifts. Patient data will be derived from the GEMINI database, which contains administrative (eg, demographic and disposition) and clinical data (eg, laboratory and radiological investigation results) for patients admitted to IM at the four academic hospitals. Overall, this study will examine three domains of resident practice: (1) case-mix variation across residents, hospitals and academic year, (2) resident-sensitive quality measures (EHR-derived metrics that are partially attributable to resident care) and (3) variations in patient outcomes across residents and factors that contribute to such variation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: GEMINI MedED was approved by the University of Toronto Ethics Board (RIS#39339). Results from this study will be presented in academic conferences and peer-reviewed journals.

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InpatientsInternship and ResidencyClinical CompetenceHumansInternal MedicineRetrospective StudiesEPIDEMIOLOGYHEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENTINTERNAL MEDICINEMEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAININGQuality in health careSTATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODS

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