Resident productivity as a function of emergency department volume, shift time of day, and cumulative time in the emergency department

Comparison of resident and mid-level provider productivity and patient satisfaction in an emergency department fast track

“…Concordant with the current study, in their study from an academic urban emergency department, Jeanmonod et al found that ED volume had a weak correlation with resident productivity while working in a high acuity environment 10. This may be because providers are ‘maxed out’ in terms of the number of patients they are seeing and therefore cannot increase their productivity in response to volume.…”

Increasing Off-Service Resident Productivity while on their Emergency Department Rotation Using Shift Cards

“…This was not seen in PGY-1 or off-service residents. Similarly, Jeanmonod et al found a positive correlation between EM residents and ED patient volume (7). This may suggest that the PGY-2 and PGY-3 EM residents are more adaptable to increased patient volumes and subsequently take a larger majority of the workload as the ED becomes more crowded or busy.…”

415: Dedicated Shift Wrap-Up Time Does Not Improve Resident Sign-Out Burden

“…This is probably because of their increased experience and ability to act independently in a clinical setting. The improved ability to see patients per hour as residents progress though the course of training has been well documented in the literature,24–28 and one study has shown that PGY1s have longer TATs than PGY2s and PGY3s 24. Although our study period intentionally began five months into the academic year so that PGY1s would have become oriented to their roles as resident physicians, we believe that less experienced providers are possibly less facile at navigating any hospital system.…”