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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedSalzman DH, Rising KL, Cameron KA
Setting a minimum passing standard for the uncertainty communication checklist through patient and physician engagement.
Historically, medically trained experts have served as judges to establish a minimum passing standard (MPS) for mastery learning. As mastery learning expands from procedure-based skills to patient-centered domains, such as communication, there is an opportunity to incorporate patients as judges in setting the MPS. In this study, the investigators described their process of incorporating patients as judges to set the minimum passing standard (MPS) and compared the MPS set by patients and emergency medicine residency program directors (PDs).
AHRQ-funded; HS025651.
Citation: Salzman DH, Rising KL, Cameron KA .
Setting a minimum passing standard for the uncertainty communication checklist through patient and physician engagement.
J Grad Med Educ 2020 Feb;12(1):58-65. doi: 10.4300/jgme-d-19-00483.1..
Keywords: Clinician-Patient Communication, Communication, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient Safety, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Training, Provider Performance
Shoemaker SJ, Brach C, Edwards A
AHRQ Author: Brach C
Opportunities to improve informed consent with AHRQ training modules.
Patients often do not understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives of undergoing specific interventions, even after signing a consent form. This paper describes a mixed-methods pilot test of two Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) informed consent training modules that was implemented in four hospitals. The study concluded that many opportunities exist for hospitals to improve their informed consent practices.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290201000031I.
Citation: Shoemaker SJ, Brach C, Edwards A .
Opportunities to improve informed consent with AHRQ training modules.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2018 Jun;44(6):343-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.11.010..
Keywords: Decision Making, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Health Literacy, Hospitals, Clinician-Patient Communication, Training
Cox ED, Jacobsohn GC, Rajamanickam VP
A family-centered rounds checklist, family engagement, and patient safety: a randomized trial.
The researchers examined the impact of the family-centered rounds (FCRs) checklist intervention, a checklist and associated provider training, on performance of FCR elements, family engagement, and patient safety. They found that the performance of FCR checklist elements was enhanced by checklist implementation and associated with changes in family engagement and more positive perceptions of safety climate.
AHRQ-funded; HS018680.
Citation: Cox ED, Jacobsohn GC, Rajamanickam VP .
A family-centered rounds checklist, family engagement, and patient safety: a randomized trial.
Pediatrics 2017 May;139(5). doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-1688.
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Keywords: Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Patient and Family Engagement, Clinician-Patient Communication, Training