Pediatric residents' perspectives on relationships with other professionals during well child care

• Published in: Journal of interprofessional care Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 481 - 484
• Main Authors: Rosenthal, Marjorie Sue, Connor, Katherine A., Fenick, Ada M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Informa UK Ltd 01-09-2014; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Adult; Education, Medical, Graduate; Female; Humans; Internship and Residency; Interprofessional care; interprofessional education; Interprofessional Relations; Interviews as Topic; Longitudinal Studies; Male; pediatrics; Pediatrics - education; Physicians - psychology; preventative care; Preventive Medicine - education; qualitative method; Qualitative Research; residency education; United States > US; interprofessional education; preventative care; residency education; qualitative method; Interprofessional care; pediatrics
• ISSN: 1356-1820; 1469-9567
• DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2014.909796

Abstract
This study aimed to examine pediatric residents' perspectives of primary care professional relationships. Using a longitudinal qualitative study design, we conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with five second-year pediatric residents who elected to participate in a one-year intervention, facilitating group well child care (GWCC). Pediatric residents described a spectrum of professional relationship types including: ignorant, transactional, workaround, educational and equitable. Residents described ignorant, transactional and workaround relationships with feelings of frustration, and they described educational and equitable relationships with feelings of satisfaction and humility. While residents described optimal relationships in both traditional WCC and GWCC, they described suboptimal relationships in only traditional WCC. Further study is needed to assess if our model of GWCC may create a scaffolding upon which optimal relationships in interprofessional teams are likely to flourish.