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Practice administration training needs of recent general surgery graduates
Mary E Klingensmith1, Thomas H Cogbill2, Kelli Samonte3
1Department of Surgery, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Surgery
|June 10, 2015
Summary
General surgery graduates strongly desire more practice administration training during residency. Current residency programs offer limited instruction, highlighting a critical educational gap.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Surgical Training
- Practice Management
Background:
- Surgical residency programs offer variable practice administration education.
- A survey compared recent General Surgery (GS) graduates' opinions with Program Directors' (PDs) perspectives on this topic.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the desire for enhanced practice administration instruction among General Surgery graduates.
- To evaluate the current inclusion of practice administration in General Surgery residency curricula.
Main Methods:
- Surveyed 5,512 General Surgery graduates (2009-2013) on desired practice administration training.
- Surveyed General Surgery Program Directors on their programs' curricula.
- Differentiated between General Surgeons (GS) and Specialist Surgeons (SS) based on fellowship training.
Main Results:
- 61% of graduates responded; the majority desired more practice administration training.
- No significant differences in training desire were found across different surgeon types or practice settings.
- Only 28% of residency programs reported including practice administration in their curriculum.
Conclusions:
- Both General Surgery and Specialist Surgeon graduates highly desire practice administration education.
- There is a clear and unmet need for integrating practice administration into surgical residency programs.
