Association for Surgical EducationFaculty and resident opinions regarding the role of morbidity and mortality conference
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Methods
The proposed criterion sample included teaching faculty and surgical residents. Based on six multiinstitutional focus groups from a single geographic area, composed of either faculty or residents exclusively, important issues regarding attitudes toward the M&M conference were identified. The six focus groups were composed of four to eight respondents from several institutions in a single city. Respondents were informally interviewed to determine issues in beliefs, behavior, and attitudes
Results
The combined response rate of the survey was 567 of 1100 (52%). Faculty response rate was 501 of 600 (83%), and resident response was 166 of 500 (33%). Respondents offered overwhelmingly consistent logistics of the M&M conference across institutions. The vast majority of programs, 630 of 667 (95%), hold the M&M conference as a weekly mandatory conference at which residents present cases under the moderation of a faculty member.
Table Ishows the respondent characteristics comparatively for both
Comments
Results of this survey reinforce the widely held view that the M&M conference is fulfilling its role as one of our most important and powerful educational tools. The excellent overall (53%) and faculty (83%) response implicitly suggests its value to educators. In both faculty and resident groups, attitudes were generally positive regardless of academic rank or level of training. The striking similarities of responses in both groups suggest concern for issues, as well as positive aspects of the
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