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ArticleBMC medical education2024

Experience of caring for patients with COVID-19 and educational achievement among Japanese resident physicians: a nationwide survey with general medicine in-training examination.

Sho Nishiguchi, Yuji Nishizaki, Miki Hamaguchi, Atshushi Goto, Masahiko Inamori, Kiyoshi Shikino, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Koshi Kataoka, Taro Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto and 3 more

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Sho NishiguchiDepartment of Public Health, Yokohama City University, 1370-1 Okamoto, Yokohama, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, 247-8533, Japan. sanazen@hotmail.co.jp.
Yuji NishizakiDivision of Medical Education, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Miki HamaguchiDepartment of Information and Computer Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Atshushi GotoDepartment of Public Health, Yokohama City University, 1370-1 Okamoto, Yokohama, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, 247-8533, Japan.
Masahiko InamoriDepartment of Medical Education, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Kiyoshi ShikinoDepartment of General Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Tomohiro ShinozakiDepartment of Information and Computer Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Koshi KataokaDivision of Medical Education, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Taro ShimizuDepartment of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
Yu YamamotoDivision of General Medicine, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Sho FukuiDepartment of Emergency and General Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroyuki KobayashiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Yasuharu TokudaMuribushi Okinawa Center for Teaching Hospitals, Okinawa, Japan.

Funding

Health, Labor and Welfare Policy Grants of Region Medical 21IA2004Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21K17229
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backgroundAs healthcare professional trainees, resident physicians are expected to help with COVID-19 care in various ways. Many resident physicians worldwide have cared for COVID-19 patients despite the increased risk of burnout. However, few studies have examined the experience with COVID-19 care among resident physicians and its effects on competency achievement regarding clinical basics and COVID-19 patient care.

methodThis nationwide, cross-sectional Japanese study used a clinical training environment questionnaire for resident physicians (PGY-1 and - 2) in 593 teaching hospitals during the General Medicine In-Training Examination in January 2021. The General Medicine In-Training Examination questions comprised four categories (medical interviews and professionalism; symptomatology and clinical reasoning; physical examination and clinical procedures; and disease knowledge) and a COVID-19-related question. We examined the COVID-19 care experience and its relationship with the General Medicine In-Training Examination score, adjusting for resident and hospital variables.

resultsOf the 6,049 resident physicians, 2,841 (47.0%) had no experience caring for patients with COVID-19 during 2020. Total and categorical General Medicine In-Training Examination scores were not different irrespective of the experience with COVID-19 patient care. For the COVID-19-related question, residents with experience in COVID-19 care showed a significant increase in correct response by 2.6% (95% confidence interval, 0.3-4.9%; p = 0.028).

conclusionsThe resident physicians' COVID-19 care experience was associated with better achievement of COVID-19-related competency without reducing clinical basics. However, approximately half of the residents missed the critical experience of caring for patients during this unparalleled pandemic in Japan.

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Clinical CompetenceCOVID-19Internship and ResidencyAcademic SuccessAdultCross-Sectional StudiesEast Asian PeopleEducation, Medical, GraduateFemaleGeneral PracticeHumansJapanMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesBasic clinical competencyClinical knowledgeCOVID-19General medicine in-training examination (GM-ITE)Medical educationResident physician

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