Many interventions to prevent misconduct, the authors note, focus on trainees, even though faculty members comprise 32% of cases.
We focus on trainees in the traditional sense (i.e., medical professionals still in training), where a unique opportunity exists to introduce these issues.
A weakness of the study may be that the exclusive focus on trainees' self-regulation precluded in-depth examination of potentially important influencing elements like the relationship between trainee and supervisor and the role of peers.
A study by Kay and Knaack (2005) focused on trainee teachers who learned using laptops and wireless Internet access.
As such, some cases focus directly on trainee behavior, such as "Exceeding Level of Training" or "Telling the Truth".
The power of her book, however, derives from the intuition that initially brought her to the project: by focusing on trainees, she positions herself to understand sooner than the rest of us that the brief, swift and brutal impact of managed care is destined to diminish the practice of psychiatric medicine for years to come.
The procedures for the two studies were identical, with study 1 focusing on trainees at the Police Training Institute (a police academy) and study 2 focusing on experienced patrol officers returning to the Police Training Institute for refresher courses.
The study also adds to past research that has focused on trainees, by using supervisees who are practising professionals who have chosen their supervisor, and are in an ongoing supervisory relationship.
Lastly, feedback opportunities arising from team-based bedside rounds align with studies suggesting clinical performance improves with feedback focused on trainees' needs and offered by an authoritative individual, such as an attending physician [ 18, 33].
Whereas, as the original instrument was focused on trainees who might be responding about future use, experienced clinicians will be reporting how they use EBP in current clinical decision-making and whether they attribute better outcomes to their evidence-based decisions.
