Assessment of environment of Pediatric Surgery Residents of Pakistan by using PHEEM

Different countries have their own residency programmes to train new residents in field of medicine. Some of these programmes are very efficient while some have room to improve, especially in developing countries. These residency programmes can play an important role in producing great consultants in future. So it’s very important to evaluate the residency programme of a country to make sure quality training of residents. A cross-sectional survey conducted in Pakistan. PHEEM questioner was used for assessment of educational environment for PS post graduate residents (PGR’s) of Pakistan. Questioner was sent to all 95 pediatric surgery residents via E-mail in January 2017. SPSS 20 was used to analyze data. The response rate from PS PGR’s was 48.4% (n= 45 proforma). The mean age of participants was 29.69 ± 2.71 years. Most of the participants were male (76%) and in 5th year of residency (39.13%). The high scored items (mean >2.5) were only 3: question 9, 17 and 26. The mean PHEEM total score was found as 63.06 ± 16.77. When categorized into global scales, most of the residents (84.4%) labeled educational environment into level 2. Mean PHEEM score was found significantly higher among female, those residing in province ‘Sindh’. We conclude that educational environment although depends upon and varies with many factors; however, overall it is not reported to be satisfactory by PS PGR’s across the country. Authorities urgently need to look into matter and take serious actions in order to improve the quality of our future consultants.