When do supervising physicians decide to entrust residents with unsupervised tasks?

Anneke Sterkenburg; Paul Barach; Cor J. Kalkman; Mathieu Gielen; Olle Ten Cate

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When do supervising physicians decide to entrust residents with unsupervised tasks?

September 8, 2010

Sterkenburg A, Barach P, Kalkman CJ, et al. Acad Med. 2010;85(9):1408-1417.

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This study explored when and why attending anesthesiologists entrust residents with patient-care tasks, and describes the differences between each group’s expectations around this entrustment process. An accompanying editorial [see link below] discusses the key tensions around adequate attending supervision in clinical settings.

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