453 Introduction of A Novel Online Learning Platform Increases Junior Doctors Confidence Prior To Starting Trauma & Orthopaedic On-Calls

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Curtis ◽  
P Foster ◽  
J Mutimer
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Vascular Surgery ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Satisfaction Rating ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Interactive Lectures ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Aim Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) junior doctors are expected to manage on-calls involving a high volume of patients presenting with a wide variety of complex conditions. Despite this, many junior doctors feel poorly prepared at the start of their placements with individual hospitals providing variable levels of induction. We therefore aimed to provide a free ‘Introduction to T&O on-calls’ course for junior doctors. Method The online platform ‘Zoom’ was used to provide 13 interactive lectures by T&O trainees and consultants over a single day in July 2020. In total, 280 UK junior doctors attended with 91.1% completing feedback. Pre- and post-course questionnaires were used to establish improved knowledge. Results Only 7.4% of participants either had or were aware of a local trust induction covering T&O on-calls. The course had an overall satisfaction rating of 90%, with participants showing a 15.3% improvement in on-call knowledge from pre-course to post-course (p<0.05). Prior to the course only 35% of participants felt prepared to perform an on-call which increased to 77% after the course. Almost all participants (90%) agreed that similar courses in other surgical specialties (General surgery (79%), Urology (60%), Vascular surgery (60%), ENT 55%)) which are commonly cross covered by junior doctors would be hugely beneficial. Conclusions Our principal focus moving forward is to establish a formal national induction programme for T&O junior doctors that is recognised by the relevant T&O organisations. This will instil confidence in the junior doctors whilst achieving patient safety and excellence during busy T&O on-calls.

scholarly journals 307 Awareness and Reporting of Needle Stick Injury Amongst Junior Doctors in a General Surgery Department

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Mistry ◽  
I Mahamud
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Needle Stick Injuries ◽  
Surgery Department ◽  
Sharps Injury

Abstract Introduction This audit was performed to see if a new cohort of junior doctors in a general surgery department had received legally required sharps injury training, assess knowledge on what to do if a needle stick/splash injury were to occur; and to provide necessary training. Method Questionnaires about trust needle stick policy training including current job grade, awareness of general principles, reporting of previous needle stick injuries and barriers to reporting of needle stick injuries were filled in. Training was provided on needle free devices and trust needle stick/splash injury protocol. After training, a second questionnaire was filled in to see if there was better understanding of the trust protocol and the necessary steps after injury. The same group of junior doctors were re-audited at a later date to see if the knowledge gained from training had been retained. Results All junior doctors (total of 11) in general surgery reported receiving no formal needle stick/splash training since starting at the trust on the trust policy and no formal induction on needle-free devices and what to do in the event of a needle stick injury since starting at the trust. All doctors felt aware of what to do after training provided with time pressures being identified as a barrier for not reporting all needle stick injuries. Re-audit one month later demonstrated all doctors had awareness of the trusts needle stick/splash injury protocol. Conclusions The training provided was effective in providing legally required training and improving staff and patient safety.

10. Designing an online curriculum supporting risk management and patient safety

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
T. Gondocz ◽  
G. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Online Curriculum ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Managing Risk

The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) is a not for profit mutual defence organization with a mandate to provide medico-legal assistance to physician members and to educate health professionals on managing risk and enhancing patient safety. To expand the outreach to its 72,000 member physicians, the CMPA built an online learning curriculum of risk management and patient safety materials in 2006. These activities are mapped to the real needs of members ensuring the activities are relevant. Eight major categories were developed containing both online courses and articles. Each course and article is mapped to the RCPSC's CanMEDS roles and the CFPC's Four Principles. This poster shares the CMPA’s experience in designing an online patient safety curriculum within the context of medico-legal risk management and provides an inventory of materials linked to the CanMEDS roles. Our formula for creation of an online curriculum included basing the educational content on real needs of member physicians; using case studies to teach concepts; and, monitoring and evaluating process and outcomes. The objectives are to explain the benefits of curricular approach for course planning across the continuum in medical education; outline the utility of the CanMEDS roles in organizing the risk management and patient safety medical education curriculum; describe the progress of CMPA's online learning system; and, outline the potential for moving the curriculum of online learning materials and resources into medical schools.

Recruitment of General Surgery Residents into Vascular Surgery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa N. Jackson ◽  
Tiffany P. Wheeler ◽  
Michael S. Truitt ◽  
Peter R. Nelson ◽  
Kelly Kempe
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Surgery ◽  
General Surgery

CP-124 Impact of hospital pharmacist integration on patient safety in a general surgery service and the related direct financial savings

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A49.3-A50
Author(s):  
JJ Arenas Villafranca ◽  
B Maria Eugenia ◽  
N Miriam ◽  
A Alberto ◽  
A Elena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
Hospital Pharmacist

scholarly journals Effect of New Integrated Vascular Surgery Programs on Vascular Case Volumes of Residents in Associated General Surgery Programs: Observations from a Retrospective Multicenter Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. e257-e258
Author(s):  
Bernadette J. Goudreau ◽  
Jonathan M. Cullen ◽  
Alexander H. Shannon ◽  
John B. Hanks ◽  
Margaret C. Tracci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Surgery ◽  
Multicenter Study ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
Retrospective Multicenter Study

Working together online to enhance learner autonomy: Analysis of learners’ perceptions of their online learning experience

ReCALL ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Eneau ◽  
Christine Develotte
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
The Body ◽  
Learning Collaborative ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Working Together

AbstractThis study concerns the development of autonomy in adult learners working on an online learning platform as part of a professional master's degree programme in “French as a Foreign Language”. Our goal was to identify the influence of reflective and collaborative dimensions on the construction of autonomy for online learners in this programme. The material used was 27 self-analysis papers in response to an assignment which asked students to review their distance learning experience (reflective dimension) and to highlight the role of others, if any, in their learning (collaborative dimension). In addition to these two major points, the analysis by category of the body of results shows principally that in qualitative terms, the factors of autonomisation for online learning are interconnected and include: the difficulties related to distance learning and the strategies that learners develop to face those difficulties, the importance of interpersonal relationships in social and emotional terms in overcoming those difficulties, the specific modes of sociability developed for distance learning and the related development of a new type of autonomy that is both individual and collective. The discussion examines the creation, over the course of time, of a new “distance learning culture” that is nonetheless never easy to create and share.

Demonstration of the relationship between MSD and online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kochu Therisa Karingada ◽  
Michael Sony
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Right ◽  
Almost All

PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has caught many educational institutions by surprise and warranted an abrupt migration from offline to online learning. This has resulted in an education change, without any time for due consideration, as regards its impact on musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) on students. The purpose of this study is to investigate MSD related to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional study was conducted on undergraduate students in India. In total, 261 students participated in this online survey.FindingsThe study finds that around 80% of students have reported some symptom in the head, neck and eyes since they started online learning. In total, 58% have reported MSD symptom in the right shoulder and 56% in the right hand fingers. Besides, more than 40 % of students experienced some MSD symptoms, in almost all the body parts studied, due to online learning. Correlation analysis is conducted between time spent on online learning per day and MSD symptoms.Originality/valueThis is the first study conducted on MSD and online learning during COVID-19 pandemic.

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