Attendance at the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Attendance at the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Academic Year:
2014 - 2015 (June 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015)
Funding Requested:
$1,960.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
With the advent of the Ophthalmology Milestone Project, educators across the country are seeking new ways to better assess resident performance. Residents currently keep records of every patient seen on call in accordance with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements, and these logs are potential sources of valuable information on resident clinical experience and progress if stored in an easily accessible format. An iPad application was developed to document information about each on call patient encounter in real time. The application was implemented at the Kellogg Eye Center starting January 1st, 2014 and preliminary data was gathered for 5 months. The number of patients seen per call ranged from 0 to 21 with a mode of 2. The average number of patients seen on a weeknight was 3.5 versus 9.5 on a weekend day. Additional data was compiled regarding types of consults seen, types of diagnoses seen, and duration of encounters. The digital call log application is a useful tool for ascertaining numerous parameters of the resident call experience. This will be helpful in assessing the call system as a whole for quality improvement as well as evaluating individual residents according to ACGME milestones. The project will be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology in Tucson, Arizona in January 2015. This will be an invaluable experience to share our data and to learn more about the current challenges and innovations in ophthalmology education across the country.