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Patients' perceptions of quality of care delivery by urology residents: A nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To present the results of a nationwide survey among urological patients to evaluate their perception of the quality of care provided by residents.

Methods

An anonymous survey was distributed to patients who were referred to 22 Italian academic institutions. The survey aimed to investigate the professional figure of the urology resident as perceived by the patient.

Results

A total of 2587 patients were enrolled in this study. In all, 51.6% of patients were able to correctly identify a urology resident; however, almost 40% of respondents discriminated residents from fully trained urologists based exclusively on their young age. Overall, 98.2% patients rated the service provided by the resident as at least sufficient. Urology trainees were considered by more than 50% of the patients interviewed to have good communication skills, expertise and willingness. Overall, patients showed an excellent willingness to be managed by urology residents. The percentage of patients not available for this purpose showed an increasing trend that directly correlated with the difficulty of the procedure. Approximately 5-10% of patients were not willing to be managed by residents for simple procedures such as clinical visits, cystoscopy or sonography, and up to a third of patients were not prepared to undergo any surgical procedure performed by residents during steps in major surgery, even if the residents were adequately tutored.

Conclusions

Our data showed that patients have a good willingness to be managed by residents during their training, especially for medium- to low-difficulty procedures. Furthermore, the majority of patients interviewed rated the residents' care delivery as sufficient. Urology trainees were considered to have good communication skills, expertise and willingness.

SUBMITTER: Mantica G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Patients' perceptions of quality of care delivery by urology residents: A nationwide study.

Mantica Guglielmo G Chierigo Francesco F Gallo Fabio F Cocci Andrea A Esperto Francesco F Patruno Giulio G Diminutto Alberto A Cerasuolo Mattia M Campi Riccardo R Barale Maurizio M Ragonese Mauro M Bettin Laura L Zanetti Stefano S Bianchi Lorenzo L Principi Emanuele E Puliatti Stefano S Cancrini Fabiana F Parnanzini Daniele D Bianchi Grazia G Grande Pietro P Primiceri Giulia G Cavacece Fernando F Schiralli Pasquale P Amparore Daniele D Farullo Giuseppe G Di Mauro Marina M Durante Jacopo J Baldesi Ramona R Carobbio Francesca F Russo Giorgio I GI Luperto Elia E La Rocca Roberto R Cacciamani Giovanni E GE

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<h4>Objective</h4>To present the results of a nationwide survey among urological patients to evaluate their perception of the quality of care provided by residents.<h4>Methods</h4>An anonymous survey was distributed to patients who were referred to 22 Italian academic institutions. The survey aimed to investigate the professional figure of the urology resident as perceived by the patient.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 2587 patients were enrolled in this study. In all, 51.6% of patients were able to ...[more]

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