Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures

2019 ◽  
Vol 170 (4) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Mark Jarrett
Keyword(s):  
Process Measures ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification ◽  
And Performance

Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures

2019 ◽  
Vol 170 (4) ◽  
pp. 284
Author(s):  
Bradley Gray ◽  
Jonathan Vandergrift ◽  
Bruce Landon ◽  
James Reschovsky ◽  
Rebecca Lipner
Keyword(s):  
Process Measures ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification ◽  
And Performance

Association between Participation in an Intensive Longitudinal Assessment Program and Performance on a Cognitive Examination in the Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program®

2016 ◽  
Vol 125 (5) ◽  
pp. 1046-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaping Sun ◽  
Yan Zhou ◽  
Deborah J. Culley ◽  
Cynthia A. Lien ◽  
Ann E. Harman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Longitudinal Assessment ◽  
Immediate Feedback ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
First Time

Abstract Background As part of the Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA®), the American Board of Anesthesiology (Raleigh, North Carolina) developed the MOCA Minute program, a web-based intensive longitudinal assessment involving weekly questions with immediate feedback and links to learning resources. This observational study tested the hypothesis that individuals who participate in the MOCA Minute program perform better on the MOCA Cognitive Examination (CE) compared with those who do not participate. Methods Two separate cohorts of individuals eligible for July 2014 and January 2015 CEs were invited to participate in this pilot. The CE scores for each cohort were compared between those who did and did not participate, controlling for the factors known to affect performance. For the first cohort, examination performances for topics covered and not covered by the MOCA Minute were analyzed separately. Results Six hundred sixteen diplomates in July 2014 and 684 diplomates in January 2015 took the CE for the first time. In multiple regression analysis, those actively participating scored 9.9 points (95% CI, 0.8 to 18.9) and 9.3 points (95% CI, 2.3 to 16.3) higher when compared with those not enrolled, respectively. Compared to the group that did not enroll in MOCA Minute, those who enrolled but did not actively participate demonstrated no improvement in scores. MOCA Minute participation was associated with improvement in both questions covering topics included the MOCA Minute and questions not covering these topics. Conclusions This analysis provides evidence that voluntary active participation in a program featuring frequent knowledge assessments accompanied by targeted learning resources is associated with improved performance on a high-stakes CE.

Process and Performance in Human-Robot Teams

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lewis ◽  
Huadong Wang ◽  
Shih Yi Chien ◽  
Prasanna Velagapudi ◽  
Paul Scerri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Path Planning ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Service Robots ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
Urban Search And Rescue ◽  
Process Measures ◽  
Human Control ◽  
Robot Teams ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Independent Tasks

The authors are developing a theory for human control of robot teams based on considering how control difficulty grows with team size. Current work focuses on domains, such as foraging, in which robots perform largely independent tasks. Such tasks are particularly amenable to analysis because effects on performance and cognitive resources are predicted to be additive, and tasks can safely be allocated across operators because of their independence. The present study addresses the interaction between automation and organization of human teams in controlling large robot teams performing an urban search-and-rescue (USAR) task. Two possible ways to organize operators were identified: as individual assignments of robots to operators, assigned robots, or as a shared pool in which operators service robots from the population as needed. The experiment compares two-person teams of operators controlling teams of 12 robots each in the assigned-robots condition or sharing control of 24 robots in the shared-pool condition using either waypoint control in the manual condition or autonomous path planning in the autonomy condition. Automating path planning improved system performance, but process measures suggest it may weaken situation awareness.

scholarly journals Connecting Purpose and Performance: Rethinking the Purpose of Maintenance of Certification

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S15-S20
Author(s):  
Ann E. Harman ◽  
David O. Warner ◽  
Daniel J. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Maintenance Of Certification ◽  
And Performance

Abstract P005: Improving Heart Health in the Workplace: Results From the First Year of the American Heart Association’s Workplace Health Achievement Index

Circulation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 135 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Calitz ◽  
Kristin Pham ◽  
Adela Santana ◽  
Eduardo Sanchez ◽  
Ross Arena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
American Heart ◽  
Heart Association ◽  
Heart Health ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Process Measures ◽  
Life’S Simple 7 ◽  
Life's Simple 7 ◽  
And Performance

Background: Comprehensive workplace wellness programs (CWWPs) have the potential to improve the heart health of the US workforce. To accelerate the adoption of these programs, the American Heart Association launched the Workplace Health Achievement Index (WHAI). The WHAI is an online scorecard that evaluates a workplace’s culture of health and the aggregate heart health score of its workforce as measured by Life’s Simple 7. Evidence from other workplace scorecards indicate that smaller companies achieve lower scores. Objective: To quantify differences in WHAI scores and score components between smaller (<250 employees) and larger (250+ employees) worksites. Methods: The total WHAI score is derived from 55 structure and process measures across seven best-practice domains and performance metrics based on employee Life’s Simple 7 data. Data from the first WHAI cycle (Feb 1 - June 30, 2016) were analyzed from 239 worksites that provided structure and process information. All data were stratified according to company size (smaller vs. larger). Differences in practice and performance measures were assessed across groups using Pearson chi-square tests or paired t-tests. Results: Overall, 5% of workplaces submitted the required amount of heart health metrics data (≥25% of employees) for eligibility. Smaller companies achieved a lower total WHAI score and lower scores across all domains except for Partnerships (Table 1). Conclusion: Lower WHAI scores for smaller companies may be due to limited resources and capacity to implement CWWPs. Low submission of performance metrics highlights the challenge of including these data in a comprehensive assessment of CWWPs. To meet its 2020 Goals, AHA should consider providing smaller companies with resources to implement CWWPs and develop strategies to increase submission of employee Life’s Simple 7 data. Table 1: Differences in mean AHA Index scores between small and large companies *Sample sizes too small for meaningful comparison.

Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement for Hypertension through Maintenance of Certification

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars E. Peterson ◽  
Brenna Blackburn ◽  
James C. Puffer ◽  
Robert L. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Maintenance Of Certification ◽  
And Performance

Real-Time Expert System Interfaces, Cognitive Processes, and Task Performance: An Empirical Assessment

1993 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Adelman ◽  
Marvin S. Cohen ◽  
Terry A. Bresnick ◽  
James O. Chinnis ◽  
Kathryn B. Laskey
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Rule Generation ◽  
Process Measures ◽  
Unanticipated Consequences ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
System Interfaces

In this experiment we investigated the effect of different real-time expert system interfaces on operators' cognitive processes and performance. The results supported the principle that a real-time expert system's interface should focus operators' attention on where it is required most. However, following this principle resulted in unanticipated consequences. In particular, it led to inferior performance for less critical, yet important cases requiring operators' attention. For such cases operators performed better with an interface that let them select where they wanted to focus their attention. Having a rule generation capability improved performance with all interfaces but did so less than hypothesized. In all cases performance with different interfaces and a rule generation capability was explained by the effect of the interfaces on cognitive process measures.

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