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Abstract
Background: Medical student investment in resource stewardship (RS) is essential as resource overuse continues among physicians, but it is unclear whether this is influenced by hidden curriculum. This study investigated medical student perceptions of Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC).
Methods: Canadian Medical students completed a bilingual questionnaire. Chi-square and student’s T-tests were used to analyze Likert responses capturing student attitudes toward questions grouped by theme, including the importance of the CWC campaign, the amount of CWC represented in undergraduate medical curriculum, the application of CWC recommendations in medicine, and the barriers which exist to student advocacy for CWC in practice.
Results: There were 3,239/11,754 (26.9%) respondents. While most students (n = 2,720/3,171; 85.8%) endorsed the importance of CWC, few students felt that their institution had sufficiently integrated CWC into pre-clerkship (47.0%) and clerkship (63.5%) curricula. Overall, 61.4% of students felt that it is reasonable to expect physicians to apply CWC recommendations given the workplace culture in medicine. Only 35.1% of students were comfortable addressing resource misuse with their preceptor. The most common barriers included the assumption that their preceptor was more knowledgeable (86.4%), concern over evaluations (66.0%), and concern for their reputation (31.2%).
Conclusions: Canadian medical students recognize the importance of CWC. However, many trainees feel that the workplace culture in medicine does not support the application of CWC recommendations. A power imbalance exists that prevents students from advocating for RS in practice.
Résumé
Contexte : Alors que les médecins continuent à surutiliser les ressources, l’investissement des étudiants en médecine dans l’intendance des ressources (IR) est essentiel, mais il n’est pas clair s’il s’agit d’un effet du curriculum caché. La présente étude examine les perceptions des étudiants en médecine concernant la campagne Choisir avec soin (CWC).
Méthodes : Des étudiants en médecine canadiens ont été invités à remplir un questionnaire bilingue. Le test du chi carré et le test de Student ont été utilisés pour analyser leurs réponses, exprimées sur une échelle de Likert, reflétant leur position sur des questions regroupées par thème, notamment l’importance de la campagne CWC, le degré d’intégration des principes de la CWC dans le programme d’études médicales de premier cycle, l’application des recommandations de la CWC en médecine et les facteurs pratiques qui peuvent freiner la promotion de la CWC par les étudiants.
Résultats : Parmi les 3 239/11 754 (26,9 %) répondants, la plupart (n=2 720/3 171 ; 85,8 %) reconnaissaient l’importance de la CWC, mais peu d’étudiants estiment que leur établissement ait suffisamment intégré la CWC au pré-externat (47,0 %) et à l’externat (63,5 %). Dans l’ensemble, 61,4 % des étudiants estiment qu’il est raisonnable d’attendre des médecins qu’ils appliquent les recommandations de la CWC compte tenu de la culture du lieu de travail en médecine. Seuls 35,1 % des étudiants sont à l’aise pour aborder la question de la mauvaise utilisation des ressources avec leur précepteur. Les obstacles les plus courants sont la supposition que leur précepteur est mieux informé qu’eux (86,4 %), la crainte des évaluations (66,0 %) et la crainte pour leur réputation (31,2 %).
Conclusions : Les étudiants en médecine canadiens reconnaissent l’importance de la CWC. Cependant, de nombreux stagiaires estiment que la culture du lieu de travail en médecine ne favorise pas l’application des recommandations de la CWC. Le rapport de pouvoir qui y existe empêche les étudiants de défendre l’IR dans la pratique.
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