March 2021

Cherry Picking Patients – Resident Self-Assignment Pitfalls

Spoon Feed
Resident characteristics, in particular gender and training specialty, were shown in this study to be associated with preferential patient self-assignment. Male residents were less likely to see breast-related chief complaints or vaginal bleeding. Off-service residents were more likely to see familiar chief complaints (e.g. surgery residents signing up for lacerations).

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