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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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26 to 35 of 35 Research Studies DisplayedGrenda TR, Pradarelli JC, Dimick JB
Using surgical video to improve technique and skill.
The authors argue that video analysis affords the opportunity to study both surgical technique (i.e. the details of how an operation is conducted) and surgical skill (i.e. how well a surgeon performs a procedure). This strategy may be particularly applicable for technically complex procedures that already have the capability to capture video (e.g. advanced laparoscopy, robotic surgery, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery). Furthermore, this work could also be extended to open procedures using other video-recording modalities.
AHRQ-funded; HS000053.
Citation: Grenda TR, Pradarelli JC, Dimick JB .
Using surgical video to improve technique and skill.
Ann Surg 2016 Jul;264(1):32-3. doi: 10.1097/sla.0000000000001592.
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Keywords: Patient Safety, Surgery, Training
Kamal AH, Anderson WG, Boss RD
The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program: project summaries from the inaugural scholar cohort.
The Cambia Health Foundation designed the Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program to facilitate leadership development among budding palliative care leaders. This paper presents the background, aims, and results to date of each of the projects from the scholars of the inaugural cohort.
AHRQ-funded; HS023681.
Citation: Kamal AH, Anderson WG, Boss RD .
The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program: project summaries from the inaugural scholar cohort.
J Palliat Med 2016 Jun;19(6):591-600. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0086.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Palliative Care, Training
Olin SC, O'Connor BC, Storfer-Isser A
Access to care for youth in a state mental health system: a simulated patient approach.
The researchers examined access to psychiatric care for adolescents with depression in outpatient specialty clinics within a state mental health system, using a simulated patient approach. They concluded that access to psychiatric care for youth with depression was variable in a state system. State-sponsored trainings on strategies to reduce wait times appear to improve care access.
AHRQ-funded; HS020503.
Citation: Olin SC, O'Connor BC, Storfer-Isser A .
Access to care for youth in a state mental health system: a simulated patient approach.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2016 May;55(5):392-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.014.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Children/Adolescents, Behavioral Health, Depression, Training
Hodell E, Hughes SD, Corry M
Paramedic perspectives on barriers to prehospital acute stroke recognition.
The researchers aimed to understand systematically the challenges and barriers faced by paramedics in recognizing stroke presentations in the field. They concluded that while challenges to stroke recognition in the field were slightly different for rural and urban emergency medical service providers, participants concurred that timely, systematic feedback on individual patients and case-based training would strengthen early stroke recognition skills.
AHRQ-funded; HS017965.
Citation: Hodell E, Hughes SD, Corry M .
Paramedic perspectives on barriers to prehospital acute stroke recognition.
Prehosp Emerg Care 2016 May-Jun;20(3):415-24. doi: 10.3109/10903127.2015.1115933.
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Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Healthcare Delivery, Stroke, Training
Wyer P, Stojanovic Z, Shaffer JA
Combining training in knowledge translation with quality improvement reduced 30-day heart failure readmissions in a community hospital: a case study.
The authors linked multidisciplinary training in evidence-based practice to an initiative to decrease 30-day readmissions among patients admitted to a community teaching hospital for heart failure (HF). They discovered that training of a multidisciplinary hospital team in use of a knowledge translation model, combined with ongoing facilitation, led to implementation of a budget neutral program that decreased HF readmissions.
AHRQ-funded; HS018607.
Citation: Wyer P, Stojanovic Z, Shaffer JA .
Combining training in knowledge translation with quality improvement reduced 30-day heart failure readmissions in a community hospital: a case study.
J Eval Clin Pract 2016 Apr;22(2):171-9. doi: 10.1111/jep.12450.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Heart Disease and Health, Quality Improvement, Hospital Readmissions, Training
Leary JC, Schainker EG, Leyenaar JK
The unwritten rules of mentorship: facilitators of and barriers to effective mentorship in pediatric hospital medicine.
This study aimed to characterize successful pediatric hospitalists' past and current mentorship experiences and identify facilitators of and barriers to effective mentorship in pediatric hospital medicine (PHM). They found that several themes emerged regarding facilitators of and barriers to effective mentorship in PHM. These "unwritten rules of mentorship" may serve as a guide to establish and maintain beneficial mentorship relationships and overcome challenges.
AHRQ-funded; HS024133.
Citation: Leary JC, Schainker EG, Leyenaar JK .
The unwritten rules of mentorship: facilitators of and barriers to effective mentorship in pediatric hospital medicine.
Hosp Pediatr 2016 Apr;6(4):219-25. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2015-0108..
Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Hospitals, Children/Adolescents, Quality Improvement, Training
Farra S, Miller ET, Gneuhs M
Evacuation performance evaluation tool.
The authors described the development and implications of a disaster evacuation performance tool that measures one portion of the very complex process of evacuation. The tool was pilot tested with an administrative, medical, and nursing leadership group and then implemented with a group of healthcare workers during a disaster exercise. The authors found that the Delphi process based on the conceptual framework of DeVellis yielded a psychometrically sound evacuation performance evaluation tool for a neonatal intensive care unit.
AHRQ-funded; HS023149.
Citation: Farra S, Miller ET, Gneuhs M .
Evacuation performance evaluation tool.
Am J Disaster Med 2016 Spring;11(2):131-36. doi: 10.5055/ajdm.2016.0232.
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Keywords: Emergency Preparedness, Hospitals, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Children/Adolescents, Training
Heath B, Bernhardt J, Michalski TJ
Results of a Veterans Affairs employee education program on antimicrobial stewardship for older adults.
The authors described a course in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Employee Education System designed to engage nursing staff working in VA long-term care facilities as partners in antimicrobial stewardship. They found that the course addressed an important knowledge gap and recommended engaging nursing staff in advancing antimicrobial stewardship, particularly in the long-term care setting.
AHRQ-funded; HS023866.
Citation: Heath B, Bernhardt J, Michalski TJ .
Results of a Veterans Affairs employee education program on antimicrobial stewardship for older adults.
Am J Infect Control 2016 Mar;44(3):349-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.026.
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Keywords: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Provider: Health Personnel, Prevention, Training
Gurm HS, Sanz-Guerrero J, Johnson DD
Using simulation for teaching femoral arterial access: a multicentric collaboration.
The purpose of this paper was to assess the impact of simulation training on complications associated with femoral arterial access obtained by first year cardiology fellows. The authors found that incorporation of simulation in the training of first year fellows was associated with an improvement in proficiency and a clinically meaningful reduction in vascular complications.
AHRQ-funded; HS020447.
Citation: Gurm HS, Sanz-Guerrero J, Johnson DD .
Using simulation for teaching femoral arterial access: a multicentric collaboration.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2016 Feb 15;87(3):376-80. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26256.
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Keywords: Adverse Events, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Patient Safety, Surgery, Training
Meischke H, Painter I, Turner AM
Protocol: simulation training to improve 9-1-1 dispatcher identification of cardiac arrest.
The researchers aim to evaluate the use of phone-based standardized patient simulation training to improve identification of the need for Telephone-CPR (T-CPR) and shorten time to start of T-CPR instructions. They specify that the STAT-911 study will evaluate if over-the-phone simulation training with standardized patients can improve 9-1-1 dispatchers' ability identify the need for, and promptly begin T-CPR.
AHRQ-funded; HS021658.
Citation: Meischke H, Painter I, Turner AM .
Protocol: simulation training to improve 9-1-1 dispatcher identification of cardiac arrest.
BMC Emerg Med 2016 Feb 1;16:9. doi: 10.1186/s12873-016-0073-6.
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Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Patient Safety, Training