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Chaitoff A, Niforatos J, Vega J. Exploring the effects of medical trainee naming: a randomized experiment. Perspect Med Educ. 2016;5(2):114-21doi: 10.1007/s40037-016-0260-x.
Chaitoff, A., Niforatos, J., & Vega, J. (2016). Exploring the effects of medical trainee naming: a randomized experiment. Perspectives on medical education, 5(2), 114-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-016-0260-x
Chaitoff, Alexander, et al. "Exploring the effects of medical trainee naming: a randomized experiment." Perspectives on medical education vol. 5,2 (2016): 114-21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-016-0260-x
Chaitoff A, Niforatos J, Vega J. Exploring the effects of medical trainee naming: a randomized experiment. Perspect Med Educ. 2016 Apr;5(2):114-21. doi: 10.1007/s40037-016-0260-x. PMID: 26975743; PMCID: PMC4839008.
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Perspect Med Educ. 2016 Apr;5(2):114-21. doi: 10.1007/s40037-016-0260-x.

Exploring the effects of medical trainee naming: a randomized experiment.

Perspectives on medical education

Alexander Chaitoff, Joshua Niforatos, José Vega

Affiliations

  1. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. [email protected].
  2. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 26975743 PMCID: PMC4839008 DOI: 10.1007/s40037-016-0260-x

Abstract

PURPOSE: There is no rigorous exploration of how the different titles used by medical trainees in medical school affect patients' perceptions of trainees. This study has two aims: (1) to understand the effects of medical trainee title on subjects' perceptions, and (2) to understand the effects of informing subjects about the medical education system on comfort with trainees.

METHODS: A survey was distributed utilizing Amazon's Mechanical Turk (n = 432). To explore aim 1 and 2, the survey included one randomized experimental treatment asking participants to imagine they were partaking in a hypothetical clinical encounter with a medical trainee using one of three titles. To explore aim 2, the survey instrument included an educational section and assessed changes in subjects' comfort with trainees.

RESULTS: There was no association between trainee title and subjects' perceptions of trainee responsibility, education level, or comfort with being examined. However, 41.4 % (n = 179) of subjects were not aware of the medical trainees' training level, and education resulted in significant increases in comfort with being interviewed and examined by a trainee (p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: While trainee naming was not directly associated with subjects' perceptions, educating patients about the medical education system may increase comfort level when they are with medical trainees.

Keywords: Amazonʼs Mechanical Turk; Medical education; Medical students; Medical trainee naming; Undergraduate medical training

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