Exclusion of residents from surgery-intensive care team communication: a qualitative study.
Conn LG, Haas B, Rubenfeld GD, et al. Exclusion of Residents From Surgery-Intensive Care Team Communication: A Qualitative Study. J Surg Educ. 2016;73(4):639-47. doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.02.002.
According to this qualitative study at a single academic institution, staff surgeons and intensivists frequently exclude resident physicians from patient care conversations. Reasons included lack of trust, need for timely communication, and a perception that residents cannot adequately contribute to decision making. This finding has important implications for the integration of communication training during medical education.