Educational Preferences Among Residents

1. Resident Education in the ICU
Jason Block, MD
Chief Resident
Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Patricia Lerwick, MD, JD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Pulmonology and Critical Care
Maine Medical Center

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5
97% 96% 95%
66% 66%
59%
Bedside teaching
Chalk Talk
Simulation
PowerPoint
Flipped-Classroom
Learner Presentations
AgreeorStronglyAgree
Teaching Modalities

6. 6

7. 7
89%
77%
72% 71%
65%
51% 49%
Online Videos
Search Engine (Google)
Textbooks
Podcasts
Journal Articles
Recorded Lectures
Wikipedia
AgreeorStronglyAgree
Independent Learning Modalities

8. 8
<1 hour
1-2 hours
2-4 hours
>4 hours
Weekly Time Dedicated
to Independent Learning

9. 9
Conclusions
• Residents learning critical care medicine
prefer bedside teaching, ‘chalk-talk’ didactics,
and simulation
• There are multiple preferred independent
learning modalities, with most preferring
online videos