Emergency physicians' perceptions of critical appraisal skills: a qualitative study

Wood, S (通讯作者),Maimonides Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, 4802 10th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219 USA.
2022-4-15
Background Critical appraisal of medical research is a valuable skill set that emergency physicians must learn in order to become competent clinicians. Despite the need for effective critical appraisal skills training, these skills have remained difficult to teach and assess. This study aimed to explore emergency physicians' perceptions of the barriers and motivations for learning critical appraisal skills in order to develop more successful critical appraisal training methods for Emergency Medicine (EM) residents. Methods This qualitative study involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews with emergency physicians interested in education and administration at an urban academic hospital. Transcribed interviews were descriptively coded by three main reviewers. A coding template was developed after coding an initial set of interviews and used to code the remaining transcripts. A thematic analysis of the codes was conducted to create a summary report which was given to the interviewees as part of a member checking process to further solidify themes. Results Fourteen emergency physicians participated in the study. They described time limitations, perceived difficulty, and disinterest as major barriers to learning critical appraisal. Physicians noted patient care as well as professional identity goals of being a good educator or researcher as motivations for developing critical appraisal skills. Conclusion There remain significant challenges to learning critical appraisal skills as well as an increasing need to build these skills during residency. Educational theories and a greater emphasis on professional identity formation during residency can be incorporated to create a more effective approach to teaching critical appraisal skills despite these barriers.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
卷号:22|期号:1
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Maimonides Medical Center; New York University; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
0
2013以来使用计数
0
EISSN
1472-6920
出版年
2022-4-15
DOI
10.1186/s12909-022-03358-y
学科领域
循证教育学
关键词
Critical appraisal Medical education Qualitative research
WOS学科分类
Education & Educational Research Education, Scientific Disciplines