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Acute Care Pathway: Faculty Needs Assessment

This survey has been created to serve as a needs assessment for the creation of an Acute Care Pathway for the University of Cincinnati Internal Medicine program. We seek to better understand resident and faculty experience regarding inpatient training and career preparation. Participation is completely optional! This survey was reviewed by the UC IRB committee and assigned a determination of Not Human Research. Questions? Please reach out to Danielle Clark at clark2d9@ucmail.uc.edu
1.How many years have you been practicing as an Internal Medicine or Med-Peds attending?
2.Did you attend UC for Internal Medicine or Med-Peds residency?
3.Please rate how well your residency prepared you for independent practice in the inpatient setting regarding the following skills:
Not prepared at all
Slightly prepared
Somewhat prepared
Moderately prepared
Very prepared
Leading goals of care discussions
Communicating with colleagues across disciplines/systems
Disclosing errors to patients and families
Leading patient-centered rounds
Managing conflict
Documenting patient encounters
Providing high value (cost-conscious care)
Triaging patients
Providing inpatient geriatric care
Assessing and treating wounds
Reconciling and ordering home medications
Ordering and interpreting labs and imaging
Addressing social determinants of health
Providing perioperative care
Running rapid responses and codes
Transitioning care of patients to other providers and the outpatient setting
Identifying and eliminating barriers to discharge
Performing quality improvement work
Navigating your career after residency
4.Please rate how important the following skills are to inpatient physicians:
Not important at all
Slightly important
Somewhat important
Moderately important
Very important
Leading goals of care discussions
Communicating with colleagues across disciplines/systems
Disclosing errors to patients and families
Leading patient-centered rounds
Managing conflict
Documenting patient encounters
Providing high value (cost-conscious care)
Triaging patients
Providing inpatient geriatric care
Assessing and treating wounds
Reconciling and ordering home medications
Ordering and interpreting labs and imaging
Addressing social determinants of health
Providing perioperative care
Running rapid responses and codes
Transitioning care of patients to other providers and the outpatient setting
Identifying and eliminating barriers to discharge
Performing quality improvement work
Navigating your career after residency
5.Please list additional topics that are important to inpatient physicians which the Acute Care Pathway could include. 
6.As a faculty member, what would you most want out of the Acute Care Pathway?
Current Progress,
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