Intern Learning and Education in a Short Stay Unit

Training interns in population‐based research: learners’ feedback from 13 consecutive batches from a medical school in India

“…While learners may not be optimally prepared to take full advantage of exposure to population‐based research during the initial 3 years of the MBBS course, their priorities and focus change once they have passed the final professional examination and commence internship. The interns’ own perceptions about their learning experience during a rotatory posting has been used for assessment of the programme by researchers 9 . As observed in the present study, one out of every two interns identified unsuitable timing of the exposure as the most important factor to hamper learning.…”

The Case for Observation Medicine Education and Training in Emergency Medicine

“…Having these learners rotate through an EDOU as part of their rotation would give them exposure to short‐stay management and learn OM skills they can incorporate into their practice. Evidence for the benefits of rotating in a short‐stay or ambulatory setting has been shown for internal medicine, pediatric, and surgical residents . An OM rotation in a hospitalist OU has been described…”

Pediatric Observation Units

“…A survey of interns during a rotation on a short-stay unit indicated that their educational experience was favorable. 17 The authors suggested that the unit' s clustering of patients with symptoms suggestive of straightforward diagnoses enhanced the intern' s educational experience. Exposing residents to patients in the OU also provides them with experience with lower-acuity patients than they would obtain in caring for those on hospital wards alone.…”