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The care of patients in teaching hospitals presents a persistent challenge: a primary commitment to the health of patients must be combined with the educational goals of the teaching institution. These goals include the mastery of procedural skills by house officers. When a medical novice attempts to perform an invasive procedure, the risk of harm to the patient increases, even when the novice is under expert supervision. This risk is accepted for several reasons: it is in society's interest to train physicians to perform procedures; the inexperience of house officers is accepted by patients (or their surrogates) through explicit or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Methods

The Survey

The Participants

Statistical Analysis

Results

Characteristics of the House Officers

Attitudes and Experiences of House Officers

Discussion

Source Information

Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06520
Hospital of Saint Raphael
New Haven, CT 06511
Griffin Hospital
Derby, CT 06418
Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06520

Address reprint requests to Dr. Lauris C. Kaldjian at the Department of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, 56 Franklin St., Waterbury, CT 06706, or at kaldjian@yale.edu.

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