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How Should Surgical Residents Be Educated About Patient Safety

NCT02401711 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2017-10-30

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two methods, safety curriculum in addition to online training alone, for teaching patient safety to surgery residents. Despite multiple studies evaluating educational safety curricula, the best methods for teaching residents about patient safety is unknown. It is hypothesized that empowering surgery residents to actively engage in behaviors to increase patient safety may lead to a higher quality perioperative care and communication.

Conditions

  • Medical Education
  • Patient Safety
  • Educational Safety Curriculum
  • Surgical Resident

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Education - BIPS course

The guiding principles behind the BIPS program include: (1) explaining how complex systems cause human error and how human error can lead to patient harm in complex systems; (2) diagnosing human error and identifying a prevention behavior for each of the three types: skill, rule, and knowledge; and (3) preventing error by promoting safety behaviors, such as having attention to detail, communicating clearly, having a questioning attitude, and speaking up for safety

BEHAVIORAL

Formal safety curriculum

The educational program is designed to improve patient safety by informing residents about safe operating room behaviors.

BEHAVIORAL

Ongoing evaluation and feedback

The feedback program is designed to encourage the use of safe behaviors and to discourage unsafe behaviors taught in the workshops.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2015-08-31

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