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Effect of Education on Resident Physician Knowledge of Sepsis

NCT02927054 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 239

Last updated 2016-10-06

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Summary

A questionnaire was provided, including clinical vignettes and free text answers, to assess and evaluate the ability of resident physicians to identify systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, and severe sepsis. Questionnaire scores were compared between specialties. A whole-hospital educational campaign was provided with the aim to improve sepsis recognition, and the questionnaire survey was repeated after one year to assess the effect of the education on the recognition of sepsis.

Conditions

  • Sepsis
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Sepsis Education

Education provided to hospital residents for the recognition and treatment of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis and severe sepsis

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Devin J Horton, MD · University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

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