The Electronic Medical Record and Nephrology Fellowship Education in the United States: An Opinion Survey.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An unintended consequence of electronic medical record use in the United States is the potential effect on graduate physician training. We assessed educational burdens and benefits of electronic medical record use on United States nephrology fellows by means of a survey.
DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: We used an anonymous online opinion survey of all United States nephrology program directors (
RESULTS: Twenty-two percent of program directors (
CONCLUSIONS: Respondents reported that the electronic medical record enhances fellow education with efficient and geographically flexible patient data access, but the time demands of data and order entry reduce engagement in educational activities, contribute to work-hours violations, and diminish direct patient interactions.
Volume
15
Issue
7
First Page
949
Last Page
956
ISSN
1555-905X
Published In/Presented At
Yuan, C. M., Little, D. J., Marks, E. S., Watson, M. A., Raghavan, R., Nee, R., & Nephrology Education Research and Development Consortium—NERDC (2020). The Electronic Medical Record and Nephrology Fellowship Education in the United States: An Opinion Survey. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 15(7), 949–956. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.14191119
PubMedID
32576553
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article