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Improving Quality of Care for Elderly Patients in the Educational Setting

NCT01080235 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2010-03-04

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Summary

This is a multi-center exploratory study (each site got local IRB approval) of the impact of an educational toolkit combined with a practice-performance self-evaluation instrument (ABIM Care of the Vulnerable Elderly Practice Improvement Module) on trainee knowledge, skills, and attitudes about practice-based learning and improvement and systems-based practice in the care of elderly patients.

Conditions

  • Elderly

Interventions

OTHER

ABIM Care of Vulnerable Elderly Practice Improvement Module

The ABIM CoVE PIM is a practice-performance self-evaluation instrument. It is a web-based tool based on nationally recognized guidelines that uses chart abstraction, patient surveys, and a practice system survey in order to generate a performance report focused on a key aspects of care for vulnerable elderly.

OTHER

Geriatric and Quality Improvement toolkit

A resource toolkit about geriatrics and quality improvement was given to both study arms.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • American Board of Internal Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric S Holmboe, MD · American Board of Internal Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-10-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

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