Table 2. PEM faculty responses to questions about factors that faculty employ to regulate the participation of an EM resident in patient care during rotations in a PED.

EM: emergency medicine; PGY: postgraduate year; PEM: pediatric emergency medicine; PED: pediatric emergency department

 

	Decision to see patients, n (%)	Decision to allow procedures, n (%)	Decision to offer autonomy, n (%)
Patient-related factors
Patient acuity	19 (61.3)		29 (93.5)
Procedural difficulty		25 (83.3)
Parent consent	0 (0)	3 (9.7)	1 (3.2)
Resident-related factors
Attending assessment of the resident’s ability	22 (71.0)	28 (90.3)	30 (96.8)
Resident’s level of training (PGY)	19 (61.3)	25 (80.6)	29 (93.5)
Resident’s confidence	13 (41.9)	23 (74.2)	21 (67.7)
Resident’s personality	6 (19.4)	8 (26.7)	14 (45.2)
Resident’s program affiliation	11 (35.5)	7 (23.3)	10 (32.3)
Environmental related factors
Presence of an EM Fellow	16 (51.6)	20 (66.7)	14 (45.2)
Conditions of the department (flow)	1 (3.2)	4 (13)	2 (6.5)
Competition between learners	0 (0)	8 (25.8)	0 (0.0)
Faculty-related factors
How well attending faculty knows the resident	21 (67.7)	23 (74.2)	31 (100)
Resident’s education needs as determined by the faculty	3 (9.7)	3 (9.7)	0 (0.0)