Recording Residents’ Patient Exams Raises Privacy Concerns

Medscape November 9, 2023
Steph Weber

Residency programs often observe their residents in training to gauge their performance, with some even videotaping residents as they examine patients.

Studies in recent years in primary care and emergency medicine show that videotaping residents during patient visits can help improve trainees’ communication skills. But it can make some residents uneasy.

Austin Barry, MD, a second-year internal medicine resident at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), recalls feeling a sense of dread in the lead-up to being recorded last year.

“You’ve got to fit it into your schedule and find a good candidate, perhaps someone you’ve seen in clinic before but also not someone who’s coming in for a sensitive subject, and then have the consent discussion,” he says. Those...

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