Table e-1: Qualitative Data from Post-Pod Surveys of Residents and Faculty

Resident Learning Themes / Resident Comments/Quotes
Mixed PGY
(1, 2, & 3) residents learning together / “Senior residents spend time teaching me”; “Learn from the senior residents”; “It allows us to learn from each other”
“I get to share interesting ideas with other residents from other years”
“Foster cooperation between each class”
“ Interaction between different levels of residents”
Provided a faculty mentor to residents focused on their learning / “Guided preparation with an attending of various basic science topics, great involvement of our pod leader with the group and his interest in teaching”
“Work as team under supervision of attending”
An interactive group environment enhanced learning / “Isn't boring like lectures”
“Collaboration and team work between the residents themselves and with the mentor”
“It allows us to learn from each other”
Resident as Teacher Themes / Resident Comments/Quotes
Developed presentation skills to deliver education to peers & faculty / “Lets me (faculty) have the residents teach me a few things”
“Challenges presentations skills”
“I make good PowerPoint’s”
“Let others talk instead of just myself”
“Clarity of presentation”
“Speaking clearly and getting people to listen”
Resident delivery/teaching of the content assures understanding of it / “Stimulates self study”
“Simplifying a complex topic”
“I try to teach material in a way that is easy to understand”
Provided residents with an experience of keeping an audience engaged & learning to field questions / “I come very prepared to teach others”
“Can see the others point of view, can get at what exactly is being asked, good use of visuals”
“I need to be better prepared to answer questions”; “answering questions”
“Would benefit from developing better skills in getting audience participation”
“I need to feel more comfortable speaking in front of everyone”
“Keeping audience engaged”
Faculty Themes / Faculty Comments/Quotes
Learning from residents across PGYs (1, 2, & 3), while observing them as teacher / “It allows residents to teach each other - active learning”
“Having residents as teachers for each other”
Ideas are shared as a group that promotes thinking and diverse perspectives / “Group learning seems to help the residents”
“Allows a more open exchange of ideas and more active learning”
“Great to review interesting topics in small groups”
Avoids faculty having to “spoon feed” residents information & allows residents to teach others / “Residents more awake than when I lecture”
“It allows the residents to think for themselves, rather than us feeding them the information”
“Gets the residents to actually think instead of spoon feeding them”