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Exclusion of residents from surgery-intensive care team communication: a qualitative study.
April 27, 2016
Conn LG, Haas B, Rubenfeld GD, et al. J Surg Educ. 2016;73(4):639-47.
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.
