Assessing Origins of Quality Gaps in Discharge Summaries: A Survey of Resident Physician Attitudes

Table 4

Attitudes toward discharge summary teaching and feedback by training level.

	Intern number (%)	Resident number (%)	value
How many times have you had formal education on how to create a discharge summary?
Never	15 (39.5)	14 (34.1)	0.81
1-2 times	18 (47.4)	22 (53.7)
3–5 times	5 (13.1)	4 (9.8)
>5 times	0 (0)	1 (2.4)
How many times have you received formal feedback from your attending or resident on discharge summaries you have authored?
Never	17 (44.7)	14 (34.1)	0.52
1-2 times	10 (26.3)	17 (41.5)
3–5 times	9 (23.7)	9 (22.0)
>5 times	2 (5.3)	1 (2.4)
Do you think that a teaching session on how to author quality discharge summaries would be useful?
Yes	24 (63.2)	18 (43.9)	0.24
No	4 (10.5)	7 (17.1)
I am not sure	10 (26.3)	16 (39.0)