scholarly journals Should Ongoing Airway Education be a Mandatory Component of Continuing Professional Development for College of Intensive Care Medicine Fellows?

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Brewster ◽  
C. P. Nickson ◽  
J. J. Gatward ◽  
M. Staples ◽  
F. Hawker
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Medicine ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Full Compliance ◽  
Advanced Airway ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Airway Equipment ◽  
Skills Education

This study aimed to determine whether airway education should be introduced to the continuing professional development (CPD) program for College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) Fellows. A random representative sample of 11 tertiary intensive care units (ICUs) was chosen from the list of 56 units accredited for 12 or 24 months of CICM training. All specialist intensive care Fellows (n=140) currently practising at the eleven ICUs were sent the questionnaire via email. Questionnaire data collection and post-collection data analysis was used to determine basic respondent demographics, frequency of certain airway procedures in the past 12 months, confidence with advanced airway practices in ICU, participation in airway education in the past three years, knowledge of can't intubate, can't oxygenate (CICO) algorithms, preference for certain airway equipment/techniques, and support for required airway education as a component of the CICM CPD program. All responses were tabled for comparison. Data was analysed to establish any significant effect of another specialty qualification and current co-practice in anaesthesia on volume of practice, confidence with multiple airway procedures, use of airway equipment, and support for airway education. In total, 112 responses (response rate 80%) to the questionnaire were received within four weeks; 107 were completed in full (compliance 96%). All results were tabled. There is currently widespread support amongst CICM Fellows for airway skills education as a CPD requirement for CICM Fellows. Volumes of practice and confidence levels with different airway procedures vary amongst Fellows and further support the need for education.

Towards gender equity in intensive care medicine: ten practical strategies for improving diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
Sarah A Yong ◽  
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Cara L Moore ◽  
Sandra M Lussier ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Intensive Care Medicine ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Worthy Goal ◽  
Substantial Rise

Gender balance in intensive care medicine (ICM) is a worthy goal for numerous reasons. However, despite reaching parity in medical school and a substantial rise in the proportion of female ICM trainees over the past decade, women remain under-represented in ICM in Australia and New Zealand. Women comprise 21% of fellows and are underrepresented in academia and positions of leadership.

scholarly journals Situating Continuing Professional Development in Life Long Learning in Qatar

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishanth Weerakkody ◽  
Mohamad Osmani ◽  
Paul Waller ◽  
Nitham Hindi ◽  
Rajab Al-Esmail
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
The Us ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
The Uk ◽  
High Level

<p>Continued professional development (CPD) has been at the centre of capacity building in most successful organisations in western countries over the past few decades. Specialised professions in fields such as Accounting, Finance and ICT, to name but a few, are continuously evolving, which is necessitating certain standards to be followed through registration and certification by a designated authority (e.g. ACCA). Whilst most developed countries such as the UK and the US have well established frameworks for CPD for these professions, several developing nations, including Qatar (the chosen context for this article) are only just beginning to adopt these frameworks into their local contexts. However, the unique socio-cultural settings in such countries require these frameworks to be appropriately modified before they are adopted within the respective national context. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of CPD in Qatar through comparing the UK as a benchmark and drawing corresponding and contrasting observations to formulate a roadmap towards developing a high level framework.</p>

scholarly journals Estratégias para o fortalecimento da cultura de segurança em unidades de terapia intensiva [Strategies for strengthening safety culture in intensive care units] [Estrategias para el fortalecimiento de la cultura de seguridad en unidades de cuidados intensivos]

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. e38670
Author(s):  
Catharine Silva de Souza ◽  
Jamila Geri Tomaschewski-Barlem ◽  
Graziele De Lima Dalmolin ◽  
Thiago Lopes Silva ◽  
Bruna Ruoso da Silva Neutzling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Terapia Intensiva

Objetivo: identificar estratégias de promoção que contribuam para o fortalecimento da cultura de segurança do paciente em unidades de terapia intensiva. Método: estudo qualitativo, descritivo, realizado com cinco médicos, cinco enfermeiros e 24 técnicos de enfermagem atuantes em unidades de terapia intensiva de duas instituições hospitalares do sul do Brasil em 2016. A coleta dos dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e o tratamento, pela análise textual discursiva. A pesquisa foi aprovada por Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa. Resultados: emergiram três categorias: implementação de protocolos de segurança do paciente; envolvimento institucional e multiprofissional; e segurança do paciente na educação permanente. Conclusão: os profissionais de saúde consideram a implementação de protocolos na assistência à saúde, a inclusão da temática da segurança na educação permanente e o envolvimento da instituição, bem como da equipe multiprofissional, como as principais estratégias para promover e fortalecer a cultura de segurança do paciente.ABSTRACTObjective: identify promotion strategies that contribute to strengthening patient safety culture in intensive care units. Method: in this qualitative, descriptive study, data were collected in 2016 by semi-structured interviews of five physicians, five nurses and 24 nursing technicians working in intensive care units at two hospitals in southern Brazil, and analyzed using discursive textual analysis. The study was approved by the research ethics committee. Results: three categories emerged: implementation of patient safety protocols; institutional and multi-professional involvement and patient safety in continuing professional development. Conclusion: health personnel considered the implementation of health care protocols, the inclusion of safety as a topic in continued professional development and the involvement of both the institution and the multi-professional team to be the main strategies for promoting and strengthening patient safety culture.RESUMENObjetivo: identificar estrategias de promoción que contribuyan al fortalecimiento de la cultura de seguridad del paciente en unidades de cuidados intensivos. Método: estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, realizado junto a cinco médicos, cinco enfermeros y 24 técnicos de enfermería que trabajan en unidades de cuidados intensivos de dos instituciones hospitalarias del sur de Brasil, en 2016. La recolección de los datos se realizó por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas y el tratamiento de los datos por el análisis textual discursivo. La investigación fue aprobada por Comité de Ética en Investigación. Resultados: surgieron tres categorías: implementación de protocolos de seguridad del paciente; participación institucional y multiprofesional y seguridad del paciente en la educación permanente. Conclusión: los profesionales de la salud consideran la implementación de protocolos en la asistencia a la salud, la inclusión de la temática de la seguridad en la educación permanente y la participación de la institución, así como del equipo multiprofesional, como las principales estrategias para promover y fortalecer la cultura de seguridad del paciente.

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