Common problems analysis and improvements of medical records writing in the standardized residency training of ophthalmology / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objectives:To investigate common problems analysis and improvements of medical records writing in the standardized residency training of ophthalmology.Methods:A total of 100 defective medical records of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from September 2019 to January 2020 were collected and analyzed for the problems and the reasons, as well as the improvements.Results:A total of 286 defects were found in these 100 medical records. Of which, content-related defects were detected in 89 medical records (31.12%), while quality-related problems were found in 151 records (52.80%). In addition, other defects were found in 46 records (16.08%). Major reasons included personal attitude, insufficient ophthalmic knowledge, heavy workload, lack of standardized guidance and insufficient communicational skills.Conclusion:By analyzing the major reasons of medical records writing, the following approaches, including standardized pre-job training, learning of medical dispute cases and online training, communicational skills training, in-time feedback and evaluation improvement, would be help to reduce the defects in the medical records written by ophthalmic residents.