Trainees’-supervisor collaboration, progress-visualisation, and coaching: a survey regarding challenges in ICU-trainees’ assessment

Abstract Background Trainees’ assessment is needed, yet challenging, to achieve competence development. To improve the assessment process, it is important to identify its contributing and influencing factors. Methods Intensive care unit (ICU)-residents, -fellows, and intensivists from a large non-university hospital were surveyed about the challenges in assessing ICU-trainees. Thematic analysis revealed three major themes. Results Out of 45 physicians, 37(82%) responded. The first theme is trainee-intensivist collaboration discontinuity. The limited time the trainees stay the ICU, the large size of the team working in a discordant three-shift-system, and busy and unpredictable day-planning hinder sustained collaboration. A short briefing before collaboration, shared bedside care, and debriefing after collaboration with assessment and reflection upon collaboration were provided as potential solutions. Trial registration N/A