Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine responses related to entrustment and feedback comments from an assessment tool.Qualitative analyses using semi-structured interviews and analysis of narrative comments.Main hospital OR suite at a large academic medical center.faculty, and residents who work in the OR suite.Seven of the 14 theoretical domains from the Theoretical Domains Framework were identified as influencing faculty decision on entrustment: knowledge, skills, intention, memory/attention/decision processes, environmental context, and resources, beliefs of capabilities, and reinforcement. The majority (651/1116 (58.4%)) of faculty comments were critical/modest praise and relevant, consistent across all 6 EPAs. The written in feedback comments for all 1,116 Web App EPA assessments yielded a total of 1,599 sub-competency specific responses. These responses were mapped to core competencies, and at least once to 13 of the 23 ACGME subcompetencies.Domains identified as influencing faculty decision on entrustment were knowledge, skills, intention, memory/attention/decision processes, environmental context, and resources, beliefs of capabilities, and reinforcement. Most narrative feedback comments were critical/modest praise and relevant, consistent across each of the EPAs.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.02.003

View details for PubMedID 38553368