When do supervising physicians decide to entrust residents with unsupervised tasks?
Sterkenburg A, Barach P, Kalkman CJ, et al. When do supervising physicians decide to entrust residents with unsupervised tasks? Acad Med. 2010;85(9):1408-1417. doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181eab0ec.
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.