Assessment of a complementary training program for resident physicians focusing on exercises of techniques, such as infusion and blood transfusion

Abstract

Reports of accidents involving residents, such as misidentification of patients and needle-stick injury, increase around six months after they are employed. To address this problem, we provide a complementary training program for residents. This program consists of seminars on cases of accidents involving residents and exercises of techniques, such as blood collection, infusion, and blood transfusion. Two to three residents were assigned to a mentor selected from members of the medical safety committee or the infection prevention committee. The residents practiced through role-playing exercises in which each resident alternately acted as a patient and a doctor. The questionnaire survey on the training program showed that the residents were satisfied with the timing, contents, and other aspects of the program and supported its continuation. Since reports of accidents and needle-stick injury after the training program have decreased, the program appears to have been effective to a certain extent.