Experience Of Resident Presentations In Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Increase Value For Clinical...

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Psychiatry
• Graduate Medical Training

Background:

• Grand rounds are formal physician meetings for discussing medical care excellence.
• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandates resident scholarly activity.
• Consultation-Liaison (CL) psychiatry addresses psychiatric complications in general hospitals, with fellowship training vital for leadership.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the impact of annual CL grand rounds on resident interest in pursuing CL fellowship.
• To compare the rate of residents pursuing CL fellowship before and after program implementation.

Main Methods:

• Retrospective review of resident interest in CL fellowship.
• Comparison of fellowship pursuit rates pre- and post-CL grand rounds implementation (since 2005).
• Comparison of program-specific rates with national trends from the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).

Main Results:

• From 2013-2018, 11.5% of residents pursued CL fellowship, compared to 0% before 2013.
• The p-value for the change in pursuit rate was 0.0668 (p < 0.10).
• The program's 11.5% fellowship pursuit rate exceeds the national average of 5.7% (2015-2019 NRMP data).

Conclusions:

• The CL grand rounds educational module appears effective in fostering sustained interest in the CL subspecialty.
• Further prospective studies are recommended to confirm these findings.