Familiarity, Communication, and Entrustment in the Operating Room

I congratulate Millar et al on this multi-institutional study that expands on their previous work on the interplay between faculty entrustment and resident entrustability. Performing this type of study is very labor intensive and the authors are to be commended for doing the work. The authors replicate their findings that resident entrustability is driven by faculty entrustment. The results are perhaps not surprising, as the OpTrust tool used to gather the data sets up an association between the behavior of faculty and residents. For instance, if a faculty member identifies all landmarks and provides step-by-step instructions as a matter of course, and even if the resident could make independent progress, it will appear the resident requires instruction and has low entrustability.

Source: JAMA Surgery - January 10, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research