Assessing Origins of Quality Gaps in Discharge Summaries: A Survey of Resident Physician Attitudes
Table 3
Authoring, comfort, and effort of discharge summaries by training level.
Intern number (%)
Resident number (%)
value
How many times have you authored the majority of the hospital course section of the discharge summary (inpatient setting)?
Never
0 (0)
0 (0)
0.67
1–3 times
3 (7.9)
1 (2.4)
4–6 times
1 (2.6)
1 (2.4)
>6 times
34 (89.5)
39 (95.1)
How many times have you been the principal author of the hospital course section of the discharge summary without being the primary team member involved most closely in the case?
Never
15 (39.5)
2 (4.9)
<0.001
1–3 times
16 (42.1)
14 (34.1)
4–6 times
5 (13.1)
15 (36.6)
>6 times
2 (5.3)
10 (24.4)
If you have authored discharge summaries without being the primary team member involved most closely in the case, how comfortable did you feel?
Not at all
7 (18.4)
2 (4.9)
0.09
A little
11 (28.9)
8 (19.5)
Somewhat
15 (39.5)
17 (29.3)
Mostly
5 (13.2)
12 (41.4)
Completely
0 (0)
2 (4.9)
Not at all comfortable to a little comfortable
18 (47.4)
10 (24.4)
0.04
Somewhat comfortable to completely comfortable
20 (52.6)
31 (75.6)
Compared to authoring an admission note, how much effort do you feel you put into authoring the discharge summary (inpatient setting)?
