A National Patient Safety Curriculum in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Journal
Pediatric emergency care
ISSN: 1535-1815
Titre abrégé: Pediatr Emerg Care
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8507560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Aug 2019
Historique:
entrez:
3
8
2019
pubmed:
3
8
2019
medline:
23
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Patient safety has become an important and required topic in medical education. A needs assessment showed that pediatric emergency medicine program directors were interested in a common pediatric emergency-specific safety curriculum. The objective of this study was to describe the development and performance of a web-based patient safety curriculum in pediatric emergency medicine. A web-based curriculum was created by the Committee on Quality Transformation of the Section of Emergency Medicine for the American Academy of Pediatrics. The curriculum consisted of emergency-specific safety topic didactic sessions with a pretest and posttest assessment. Vignette-based scenarios were also included and were discussed locally by the program directors. Fifty-two percent (37/71) of US Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship programs enrolled their fellows in the patient safety curriculum. Overall, 183 Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellows participated in the curriculum. Only 22% (40/183) of fellow participants completed the entire curriculum. The curriculum showed significant improved safety knowledge based upon the pretest and posttest results. Sixty-five percent of responders thought more about safety topics after the curriculum was completed, and 85% witnessed a safety event in the past month, whereas only 48% reported them. An online centralized curriculum is an effective platform for teaching content in quality and safety to a national group of physicians. Local oversight by program directors may improve compliance with curriculum completion.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Patient safety has become an important and required topic in medical education. A needs assessment showed that pediatric emergency medicine program directors were interested in a common pediatric emergency-specific safety curriculum.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to describe the development and performance of a web-based patient safety curriculum in pediatric emergency medicine.
METHODS
METHODS
A web-based curriculum was created by the Committee on Quality Transformation of the Section of Emergency Medicine for the American Academy of Pediatrics. The curriculum consisted of emergency-specific safety topic didactic sessions with a pretest and posttest assessment. Vignette-based scenarios were also included and were discussed locally by the program directors.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Fifty-two percent (37/71) of US Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship programs enrolled their fellows in the patient safety curriculum. Overall, 183 Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellows participated in the curriculum. Only 22% (40/183) of fellow participants completed the entire curriculum. The curriculum showed significant improved safety knowledge based upon the pretest and posttest results. Sixty-five percent of responders thought more about safety topics after the curriculum was completed, and 85% witnessed a safety event in the past month, whereas only 48% reported them.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
An online centralized curriculum is an effective platform for teaching content in quality and safety to a national group of physicians. Local oversight by program directors may improve compliance with curriculum completion.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31373948
doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001533
pii: 00006565-201908000-00001
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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