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Development and Assessment of a Simulation Model of Focused and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations

NCT03229226 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2017-07-28

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Summary

Since 2007, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has required evaluation of practicing attending physicians by management to ensure that procedural skills and medical care are meeting the accepted standards of care as assessed by each individual institution. This assessment is known as the ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE). There are several methods by which this can be accomplished, including through chart review of clinician practice and by verbally assessing knowledge of the steps required to do a particular procedure. However, for infrequently performed or complicated procedures, these methods may not allow objective evaluation on a regular basis. Simulation using task trainers or manikin models offers an alternative method of objective evaluation in a standardized setting.

The goal of this study is to develop two simulated scenarios to assess physician skill in relatively uncommon procedures and compare the data obtained against the verbal assessment and chart review model previously used at our institution. Two raters will assess each practitioner's verbal and simulated procedures. They will also assess globally their confidence that the physician is capable of performing the procedure safely and correctly based on the verbal or simulated trial.

The investigators anticipate that using a simulated experience for assessment will increase the ability of raters to assess proficiency for the purposes of an OPPE, specifically by increasing the number of critical procedural components that can be objectively evaluated. The investigators hypothesize that there will not be a strong relationship between the scores obtained on the verbal assessment and the scores obtained on the task trainer assessment. The investigators anticipate that there will be a portion of study participants that do not meet a minimum passing standard and may require additional deliberate practice and further testing.

Conditions

  • Competence
  • Emergencies

Interventions

OTHER

Verbal versus procedural assessment

Faculty were assessed on both verbal and simulated performance of procedures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rush University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sara M Hock, MD · Rush University Medical Center

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-01
Primary Completion
2016-05-01
Completion
2016-05-01

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