Evaluation of Span of House Job and Amount of Experience by Anesthesia House Officers in Lahore

Ghulam Murtaza Hiraj¹, Sohail Anjum² and Rizwan Ali Qaiser³

ABSTRACT

Objective: Our research study was conducted to evaluate span of house job and amount of experience by anesthesia house officers in Lahore.

Study Design: Cross-sectional quantitative descriptive study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Teaching Hospital of Amna Inayat Medical College Lahore from May 22, 2023 to November 22, 2023.

Methods: Those house officers who had experience of one month and consented were engaged providing them a self reporting questionnaire. From 53 house officers, a total of 34 surveys were completed out of which there were 25 females (73.52%) and 9 boys (26.47 %), hence making a rate of response 64.15%. Questionnaires filled by them got collected in person.

Results: In our study 15 respondents (44.11%) agreed on the best possible time span for house job in anesthesia to be three months. Eleven officers (32.07%) agreed that anesthesia experience obtained during house job was ample. Twenty two house officers (64.70%) disagreed that anesthesia experience obtained during house job was ample; one house officer (2.94%) gave vague answer.

Conclusion: House officers in anesthesia generally agreed on three month time period of house job in specialty. However they disagreed on the amount of experience achieved.

Key Words: Span, Amount, Anesthesia, Lahore, House job, Evaluation, Experience

Citation of article: Hiraj GM, Anjum S, Qaiser RA, Evaluation of Span of House Job and Amount of Experience by Anesthesia House Officers in Lahore, Med Forum 2024;35(10):106-109. doi:10.60110/ medforum.351024.