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Evaluation of knowledge of common hand surgery problems in internal medicine and emergency medicine residents.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Scher, DL; Boyer, MI; Hammert, WC; Wolf, JM
Published in: Orthopedics
July 7, 2011

Musculoskeletal disorders are the principal reason for primary care outpatient visits and make up 14% of visits to emergency departments, with the upper extremity as the most common site affected. However, formal musculoskeletal education is inconsistent in medical school and primary care residencies, with many first-year residents reporting a lack of confidence in examination and diagnosis of musculoskeletal conditions. The authors evaluated the level of knowledge of common upper-extremity conditions with a validated examination taken by internal medicine and emergency medicine residents. A 38-question upper-extremity examination was created by a group of hand and upper-extremity surgeons from the Resident Education Committee of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. The examination was reviewed by 30 hand fellowship directors, who rated each question on a Likert scale and determined a recommended passing percentage. The Web-based examination was taken by emergency and internal medicine residents from multiple institutions. The fellowship directors' recommended passing grade averaged 73%. The majority of respondents were in their first (33%) or second (33%) year of training. The average scores were 56% and 46% for the internal and emergency medicine residents, respectively. This evaluation of a cross-section of internal and emergency residents indicates a deficiency in knowledge of common upper-extremity conditions.

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Orthopedics

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EISSN

1938-2367

Publication Date

July 7, 2011

Volume

34

Issue

7

Start / End Page

e279 / e281

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Program Evaluation
  • Orthopedics
  • Internship and Residency
  • Internal Medicine
  • Humans
  • Hand
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Educational Measurement
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Clinical Competence
 

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Scher, D. L., Boyer, M. I., Hammert, W. C., & Wolf, J. M. (2011). Evaluation of knowledge of common hand surgery problems in internal medicine and emergency medicine residents. Orthopedics, 34(7), e279–e281. https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20110526-14
Scher, Danielle L., Martin I. Boyer, Warren C. Hammert, and Jennifer Moriatis Wolf. “Evaluation of knowledge of common hand surgery problems in internal medicine and emergency medicine residents.Orthopedics 34, no. 7 (July 7, 2011): e279–81. https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20110526-14.
Scher DL, Boyer MI, Hammert WC, Wolf JM. Evaluation of knowledge of common hand surgery problems in internal medicine and emergency medicine residents. Orthopedics. 2011 Jul 7;34(7):e279–81.
Scher, Danielle L., et al. “Evaluation of knowledge of common hand surgery problems in internal medicine and emergency medicine residents.Orthopedics, vol. 34, no. 7, July 2011, pp. e279–81. Pubmed, doi:10.3928/01477447-20110526-14.
Scher DL, Boyer MI, Hammert WC, Wolf JM. Evaluation of knowledge of common hand surgery problems in internal medicine and emergency medicine residents. Orthopedics. 2011 Jul 7;34(7):e279–e281.

Published In

Orthopedics

DOI

EISSN

1938-2367

Publication Date

July 7, 2011

Volume

34

Issue

7

Start / End Page

e279 / e281

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Program Evaluation
  • Orthopedics
  • Internship and Residency
  • Internal Medicine
  • Humans
  • Hand
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Educational Measurement
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Clinical Competence