Bridging the educational gap: a pilot study of integrating patient-reported outcome into orthopedic residency training

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Source: Frontiers Medicine

Original: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1635610...

Published: 2026-01-06T00:00:00Z

A pilot study evaluated the feasibility and impact of a structured patient-reported outcomes (PRO) curriculum on the knowledge and attitudes of 50 orthopedic and joint surgery trainees and residents at a teaching hospital from January to May 2025. Participants were divided into an experimental group (n=25) with a PRO curriculum in addition to standard training and a control group (n=25) with traditional training. Both groups completed pre- and post-training PRO knowledge tests on a scale of 0–100 and surveys on a Likert scale. Baseline knowledge was similar (p=0.45), but the experimental group achieved significantly higher scores after training (70.56 ± 5.89 vs. 58.68 ± 4.72, p<0.001). The experimental group showed more interest in the reformed curriculum (3.36 ± 0.86 vs. 2.88 ± 0.78, p=0.04), higher satisfaction with the PRO content (3.72 ± 0.54 vs. 3.32 ± 0.63, p=0.03), greater agreement with its inclusion in the medical evaluation (3.76 ± 0.44 vs. 3.44 ± 0.59, p=0.03) and a deeper impact on medical knowledge (3.80 ± 0.41 vs. 3.48 ± 0.59, p=0.03). The findings support the integration of PRO into surgical training.[1]