Medical Teacher· 1989Q1
Reading Habits of House-staff: What, Where and why
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- Q1SCImago
- 1989year
Short summary
Internal medicine house-staff read 8.7 hours per week, with half dedicated to case-related material, contrary to expectations that they read insufficiently.
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Key points
- House-staff read an average of 8.7 hours per week.
- Half of house-staff reading time is dedicated to case-related material.
- Reading is mainly done at home, except for senior residents who use the library.
- Primary motivations for reading are preparation for presentations and rounds.
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Abstract
As in-training evaluations often comment that house-staff do not read enough about cases, this study looked at the reading habits of internal medicine students and house-staff to assess whether they were reading about cases. All 38 trainees at a major teaching hospital were surveyed with a questionnaire. Overall, the house-staff read 8.7 hours/week, of which half is spent reading about cases. They read around approximately half of the cases they see. The more senior house-staff use journals and one major textbook; the medical students use only textbooks. The reading is done mainly at home, except by the senior residents who spent a quarter of their reading time in the library. The major reasons why the house-staff read are to prepare for presentations or for rounds with the attending physicians. These results suggest that contrary to what we anticipated, house-staff do indeed read about the cases they see on the wards.
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