Outcome measure | Before intervention | After intervention |
Number of postgraduate students followed up* | 5 | 5 |
Number of follow-up days | 10 | 10 |
Cumulative number of postgraduate ward round observation days† | 50 | 50 |
Number of ward rounds missed during observation, N (%) | 10 (20) | 3 (6) |
Number of ward rounds attending physicians were present, N (%) | 26 (52) | 24 (48) |
Number of ward rounds that postgraduate students arrived on ward before the attending physician, N (%) | 5 (19.2) | 18 (75) |
Time in minutes spent on ward by postgraduate students to prepare for ward rounds before attending physician arrival, mean (SD) | 30 (31.5) | 59.4 (50.3) |
Number of postgraduates per arrival time for ward rounds, N (%) | N=40‡ | N=47‡ |
06:00–07:00 hours | 0 | 0 |
07:01–08:00 hours | 0 | 0 |
08:01–09:00 hours | 0 | 19 (40.4) |
09:01–10:00 hours | 24 (60) | 25 (53.2) |
10:01–11:00 hours | 11 (27.5) | 1 (2.1) |
11:01–12:00 hours | 5 (12.5) | 2 (4.3) |
*The same postgraduates (first year) were followed up before and after intervention.
†Total number of days postgraduate students were being observed for data collection.
‡N=number of ward rounds attended by postgraduate students out of the 50 cumulative total number of ward round days.