Text Messaging Among Residents and Faculty in a University General Surgery Residency Program: Prevalence, Purpose, and Patient Care

摘要: Background There is little information about the use of text messaging (texting) devices among resident and faculty physicians for patient-related care (PRC). Objective To determine prevalence, frequency, purpose, concerns regarding texting attending surgeons to identify factors associated with PRC texting. Design E-mail survey. Setting University medical center its affiliated hospitals. Participants Surgery staff. Outcome Measures Prevalence, messaging. Results Overall, 73 (65%) surveyed responded, including 45 (66%) 28 (62%). All respondents owned a device. Majority surgery residents (88%) attendings (71%) texted residents, whereas only 59% 65% other faculty. Most occurred at frequency 3-5 times/d (43%) compared most texts, which 1-2 (33%). (25%) (30%) texts times/d. Among those that texted, was frequently reported purpose (46%), (64%), (82%), staff (60%) Texting preferred method communicate routine (47% vs 44% attendings). Age (OR: 0.86, 95% CI: 0.79-0.95; p = 0.003), but not sex, specialty/clinical rotation, academic rank, or postgraduate year (PGY) level predicted Conclusions utilize texting, mostly PRC. communicating information. Our data may facilitate development guidelines appropriate