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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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1 to 14 of 14 Research Studies DisplayedWang L, Topaz M, Plasek JM
Content and trends in medical informatics publications over the past two decades.
This study aims to identify subject content and trends in the medical informatics literature in order to shed light on the past, current, and future directions of diverse education and research activities. It found 73 core topics and 72 new topics of medical informatics within three relevant MeSH categories (informatics, techniques, and healthcare).
AHRQ-funded; HS022728; HS024264.
Citation: Wang L, Topaz M, Plasek JM .
Content and trends in medical informatics publications over the past two decades.
Stud Health Technol Inform 2017;245:968-72.
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Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Health Information Technology (HIT), Health Information Technology (HIT), Research Methodologies
Wang D
Use contexts and usage patterns of interactive case simulation tools by HIV healthcare providers in a statewide online clinical education program.
The researcher analyzed four interactive case simulation tools (ICSTs) from a statewide online clinical education program. Results have shown that ICSTs are increasingly used by HIV healthcare providers. Smart phone has become the primary usage platform for specific ICSTs. Usage patterns depend on particular ICST modules, usage stages, and use contexts.
AHRQ-funded; HS022057.
Citation: Wang D .
Use contexts and usage patterns of interactive case simulation tools by HIV healthcare providers in a statewide online clinical education program.
Stud Health Technol Inform 2017;245:1242.
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Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Health Information Technology (HIT), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Provider, Simulation, Training
Hande K, Christenbery T, Phillippi J
Appreciative advising: an innovative approach to advising doctor of nursing practice students.
In this article the authors discuss the need for appreciative advising (AA) in doctor of nursing practice educational programs. Appreciative advising includes both individual and group sessions to provide individual mentoring and a supportive community of peers. It has emerged as an alternative to prescriptive advising and allows faculty and students to develop shared goals.
AHRQ-funded; HS024733.
Citation: Hande K, Christenbery T, Phillippi J .
Appreciative advising: an innovative approach to advising doctor of nursing practice students.
Nurse Educ 2017 Nov/Dec;42(6):E1-e3. doi: 10.1097/nne.0000000000000372..
Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Provider: Nurse
Fehr JJ, McBride ME, Boulet JR
The simulation-based assessment of pediatric rapid response teams.
The researchers created scenarios of simulated decompensating pediatric patients to train pediatric rapid response teams (RRTs) and to determine whether the scenario scores provide a valid assessment of RRT performance with the hypothesis that RRTs led by intensivists-in-training would be better prepared to manage the scenarios than teams led by nurse practitioners. The greater scores achieved by intensivist-in-training-led teams provides some evidence to support the validity of the assessment.
AHRQ-funded; HS018734.
Citation: Fehr JJ, McBride ME, Boulet JR .
The simulation-based assessment of pediatric rapid response teams.
J Pediatr 2017 Sep;188:258-62.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.03.030.
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Keywords: Critical Care, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Children/Adolescents, Teams, Training
Lau BD, Shaffer DL, Hobson DB
Effectiveness of two distinct web-based education tools for bedside nurses on medication administration practice for venous thromboembolism prevention: a randomized clinical trial.
Effectiveness of two distinct web-based education tools for bedside nurses on medication administration practice for venous thromboembolism prevention: a randomized clinical trial.
AHRQ-funded; HS024547.
Citation: Lau BD, Shaffer DL, Hobson DB .
Effectiveness of two distinct web-based education tools for bedside nurses on medication administration practice for venous thromboembolism prevention: a randomized clinical trial.
PLoS One 2017 Aug 16;12(8):e0181664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181664.
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Keywords: Blood Clots, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Medication, Nursing, Prevention, Provider: Nurse, Web-Based, Practice Patterns
Roy B, Huff N, Estrada C
Contextual influences of trainee characteristics and daily workload on trainee learning preferences.
In this study, the investigators sought to understand whether trainee characteristics and daily fluctuations in workload influence the prioritization of various teaching domains necessary for successful inpatient medicine attending rounds. They conducted a prospective observational study in general medicine inpatient wards at a university, Veterans Affairs, and a county hospital affiliated with one academic institution over the course of 6 months.
AHRQ-funded; HS023000.
Citation: Roy B, Huff N, Estrada C .
Contextual influences of trainee characteristics and daily workload on trainee learning preferences.
J Hosp Med 2017 Jul;12(7):558-61. doi: 10.12788/jhm.2771..
Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Training
Gillespie EF, Panjwani N, Golden DW
Multi-institutional randomized trial testing the utility of an interactive three-dimensional contouring atlas among radiation oncology residents.
The present study reports on the efficacy and usability of a web-based contouring atlas compared with those of existing contouring resources in a randomized trial. Compared with the residents using currently available resources, the residents using eContour had improved contour agreement with both the consensus and the expert contours for the high-risk clinical target volume and greater agreement with the expert contour for the contralateral parotid gland.
AHRQ-funded; HS024321.
Citation: Gillespie EF, Panjwani N, Golden DW .
Multi-institutional randomized trial testing the utility of an interactive three-dimensional contouring atlas among radiation oncology residents.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017 Jul 1;98(3):547-54. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.11.050.
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Keywords: Cancer, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Imaging, Web-Based
Sterling M, Leung P, Wright D
The use of social media in graduate medical education: a systematic review.
The authors conducted a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature to understand the effect of social media on resident (1) education, (2) recruitment, and (3) professionalism. Their review of 29 studies concluded that the effect of social media platforms on residency education, recruitment, and professionalism is mixed, and the quality of existing studies is modest at best.
AHRQ-funded; HS000066.
Citation: Sterling M, Leung P, Wright D .
The use of social media in graduate medical education: a systematic review.
Acad Med 2017 Jul;92(7):1043-56. doi: 10.1097/acm.0000000000001617.
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Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Education: Curriculum, Provider, Social Media
Roy B, Gottlieb AS
The career advising program: a strategy to achieve gender equity in academic medicine.
This paper discusses the significant gender disparities in academic rank which exist at US medical schools, even after controlling for age, time since training, specialty, and measures of productivity, and despite increasing numbers of women entering medicine over the past 30 years. They highlight the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Women and Medicine Task Force and the model they launched in 2013 to address these disparities- the Career Advising Program (CAP).
AHRQ-funded; HS023000.
Citation: Roy B, Gottlieb AS .
The career advising program: a strategy to achieve gender equity in academic medicine.
J Gen Intern Med 2017 Jun;32(6):601-02. doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3969-7..
Keywords: Education: Academic, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Provider: Pharmacist
Scerbo MW, Britt RC, Montano M
Effects of a retention interval and refresher session on intracorporeal suturing and knot tying skill and mental workload.
The effects of refraining from practice for different intervals on laparoscopic suturing and mental workload were assessed with a secondary task developed by the authors. When participants who reached proficiency in suturing and knot tying were reassessed after either 1 or 5 months without practice, their performance times increased by 35 percent and secondary task scores decreased by 30 percent. These deficits, however, were nearly reversed after a single refresher session.
AHRQ-funded; HS020386.
Citation: Scerbo MW, Britt RC, Montano M .
Effects of a retention interval and refresher session on intracorporeal suturing and knot tying skill and mental workload.
Surgery 2017 May;161(5):1209-14. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.11.011.
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Keywords: Surgery, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Training, Provider: Health Personnel
Vaughn VM, Chopra V
Revisiting the panculture.
In this paper, the authors discuss the term the ‘panculture’ – microbiological culture of blood, urine, sputum or stool in search of an offending pathogen- as well as the pros and cons of the practice.
AHRQ-funded; HS022835.
Citation: Vaughn VM, Chopra V .
Revisiting the panculture.
BMJ Qual Saf 2017 Mar;26(3):236-39. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004821..
Keywords: Decision Making, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Education: Continuing Medical Education
Blay E, Jr., Hewitt DB, Chung JW
Association between flexible duty hour policies and general surgery resident examination performance: a Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial analysis.
This study investigated whether a flexible, less-restrictive duty hour policy (Flexible Policy) was associated with differential general surgery examination performance compared with current ACGME duty hour policy (Standard Policy). It found that flexible, less-restrictive duty hour policies were not associated with differences in general surgery resident performance on examinations during the FIRST Trial.
AHRQ-funded; HS000078.
Citation: Blay E, Jr., Hewitt DB, Chung JW .
Association between flexible duty hour policies and general surgery resident examination performance: a Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial analysis.
J Am Coll Surg 2017 Feb;224(2):137-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.10.042.
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Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Patient Safety, Provider, Surgery, Training
Trautner BW, Greene MT, Krein SL
Infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship knowledge for selected infections among nursing home personnel.
This study assessed knowledge about infection prevention among nursing home personnel and identified gaps potentially addressable through a quality improvement collaborative. It found that, while 99.1 percent of licensed personnel recognized the definition of asymptomatic bacteriuria, only 36.1 percent knew that pyuria could not distinguish a urinary tract infection from asymptomatic bacteriuria.
AHRQ-funded; 290201000025I.
Citation: Trautner BW, Greene MT, Krein SL .
Infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship knowledge for selected infections among nursing home personnel.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017 Jan;38(1):83-88. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.228.
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Keywords: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Nursing Homes, Prevention, Patient Safety
Ford JH, 2nd, Oliver KA, Giles M
Maintenance of certification: how performance in practice changes improve tobacco cessation in addiction psychiatrists' practice.
This study reports on findings from a Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Performance in Practice (PIP) module designed and evaluated by addiction psychiatrists who are members of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. It found that simple change projects designed to improve clinical practice led to substantial changes in self-reported chart documentation for the selected measure.
AHRQ-funded; HS021962.
Citation: Ford JH, 2nd, Oliver KA, Giles M .
Maintenance of certification: how performance in practice changes improve tobacco cessation in addiction psychiatrists' practice.
Am J Addict 2017 Jan;26(1):34-41. doi: 10.1111/ajad.12480.
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Keywords: Behavioral Health, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Provider: Health Personnel, Quality Improvement, Tobacco Use