Evaluation of Radiology Resident Anxiety When Beginning Emergency Room (ER) Call

Evaluation of Radiology Resident Anxiety When Beginning ER Call

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00859066

Enrollment

Registered

2009-03-10

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2012-04-30

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Conditions

Anxiety, Stress

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to quantify levels of resident anxiety under the current system (take call alone) and compare results to a modified system.

Detailed description

The study purpose is to quantify resident perceptions and feelings under the current 1700 call system (take call alone) and compare those with resident perceptions and feelings under a modified system where two partial shifts are taken with an experienced resident (buddy call) prior to taking call alone.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* first year radiology residents

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improve resident well-being by decreasing anxiety surrounding beginning ER call as a first year radiology resident.	12 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results