How Should Surgical Residents Be Educated About Patient Safety

NCT ID: NCT02401711

Last Updated: 2017-10-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

58 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-02-28

Study Completion Date

2015-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two methods, safety curriculum in addition to online training alone, for teaching patient safety to surgery residents. Despite multiple studies evaluating educational safety curricula, the best methods for teaching residents about patient safety is unknown. It is hypothesized that empowering surgery residents to actively engage in behaviors to increase patient safety may lead to a higher quality perioperative care and communication.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Medical Education Patient Safety Educational Safety Curriculum Surgical Resident

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Online training

Residents randomized to the control group will only participate in the Breakthroughs in Patient Safety (BIPS) online training (Education - BIPS course). All residents in the comparison arm will receive evaluations on their non-technical skills, but the results will not be fed back to them until after the study has been completed.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Education - BIPS course

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The guiding principles behind the BIPS program include: (1) explaining how complex systems cause human error and how human error can lead to patient harm in complex systems; (2) diagnosing human error and identifying a prevention behavior for each of the three types: skill, rule, and knowledge; and (3) preventing error by promoting safety behaviors, such as having attention to detail, communicating clearly, having a questioning attitude, and speaking up for safety

Online training & Safety curriculum & Evaluation and feedback

Those in the intervention group will participate in a formal safety education curriculum in addition to the currently required Breakthroughs in Patient Safety (BIPS) online training. The intervention will have three components: (1) the mandatory online BIPS course (Education - BIPS course), (2) the formal safety curriculum, and (3) ongoing evaluation and feedback of operating room performance.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education - BIPS course

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The guiding principles behind the BIPS program include: (1) explaining how complex systems cause human error and how human error can lead to patient harm in complex systems; (2) diagnosing human error and identifying a prevention behavior for each of the three types: skill, rule, and knowledge; and (3) preventing error by promoting safety behaviors, such as having attention to detail, communicating clearly, having a questioning attitude, and speaking up for safety

Formal safety curriculum

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The educational program is designed to improve patient safety by informing residents about safe operating room behaviors.

Ongoing evaluation and feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The feedback program is designed to encourage the use of safe behaviors and to discourage unsafe behaviors taught in the workshops.

Interventions

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Education - BIPS course

The guiding principles behind the BIPS program include: (1) explaining how complex systems cause human error and how human error can lead to patient harm in complex systems; (2) diagnosing human error and identifying a prevention behavior for each of the three types: skill, rule, and knowledge; and (3) preventing error by promoting safety behaviors, such as having attention to detail, communicating clearly, having a questioning attitude, and speaking up for safety

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Formal safety curriculum

The educational program is designed to improve patient safety by informing residents about safe operating room behaviors.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Ongoing evaluation and feedback

The feedback program is designed to encourage the use of safe behaviors and to discourage unsafe behaviors taught in the workshops.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All surgery residents at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, from post-graduate year (PGY)-1 to PGY-5.

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-surgery residents at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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KuoJen Tsao

Associate Professor & The Children's Fund, Inc. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Surgery

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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HSC-MS-14-0073

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id