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ABSTRACT: Improving Resident Engagement in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives at the Bedside The Advocate for Clinical Education (ACE)

Quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS) are essential competencies in residency training; however, the most effective means to engage physicians remains unclear. The authors surveyed all medicine and surgery physicians at their institution to describe QI/PS practices and concurrently implemented the Advocate for Clinical Education (ACE) program to determine

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Integrating Quality Improvement Into Continuing Medical Education Activities Within a Community Hospital System

The integration of the Mercy Health System’s quality improvement (QI) and continuing medical educational (CME) activities is described. With the implementation of computerized medical data, the opportunities for QI-focused CME are growing. The authors reviewed their regularly scheduled series and special CME programs to assess their impact on quality care

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Delivering Influenza Vaccine to High-Risk Adults Subspecialty Physician Practices

Influenza is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite long-standing national recommendations, only 47% of adults with a high-risk condition received the influenza vaccine in 2009-2010. Subspecialty practices provide a significant portion of ambulatory care visits for high-risk adults and understanding their role in the immunization

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Teaching Quality Essentials The Effectiveness of a Team-Based Quality Improvement Curriculum in a Tertiary Health Care Institution

A unique quality improvement (QI) curriculum was implemented within the Division of General Internal Medicine to improve QI knowledge through multidisciplinary, team-based education, which also met the QI requirement for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the Mayo Quality Fellows program. Participants completed up

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Impacts of Organizational Context on Quality Improvement

Abstract Variation in how hospitals perform on similar quality improvement (QI) efforts argues for a need to understand how different organizational characteristics affect QI performance. The objective of this study was to use data-mining methods to evaluate relationships between measures of organizational characteristics and hospital QI performance. Organizational characteristics were extracted

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Data-Driven Interdisciplinary Interventions to Improve Inpatient Pain Management

Abstract Pain during hospitalization and dissatisfaction with pain management are common. This project consisted of 4 phases: identifying a pain numeric rating scale (NRS) metric associated with patient satisfaction, identifying independent predictors of maximum NRS, implementing interventions, and evaluating trends in NRS and satisfaction. Maximum NRS was inversely associated with favorable

Posted on 9 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

Featured Article: New CME Architecture Aims to Enable Better Learning

By Sue Pelletier | MeetingsNet “There’s an assumption that CME providers tend to make—we have all made it—that learners know what to do with the information they gather during continuing medical education activities, that learners know how to learn efficiently,” says Medical Meetings columnist, research scientist, and educational technologist Brian S. McGowan, PhD. “While

Posted on 8 May 2013
By Joel Selzer
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Medical Education, News

MANUSCRIPT: An electronic portfolio for quantitative assessment of surgical skills in undergraduate medical education

Background We evaluated a newly designed electronic portfolio (e-Portfolio) that provided quantitative evaluation of surgical skills. Medical students at the University of Seville used the e-Portfolio on a voluntary basis for evaluation of their performance in undergraduate surgical subjects. Methods Our new web-based e-Portfolio was designed to evaluate surgical practical knowledge and skills

Posted on 7 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

Nudging learners to effectively learn

For as long as I have been teaching, creating medical education, or even funding education there has always been one assumption that has bothered me about what we broadly refer to as 'adult learning,' and that is the assumption that adults KNOW how to learn. This assumption is all the

Posted on 6 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Learning Models & Theory

MANUSCRIPT: Experience with using second life for medical education in a family and community medicine education unit.

Abstract BACKGROUND: The application of new technologies to the education of health professionals is both a challenge and a necessity. Virtual worlds are increasingly being explored as a support for education. Aim: The aim of this work is to study the suitability of Second Life (SL) as an educational tool for primary

Posted on 6 May 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Medical Education, Online Learning, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

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ABSTRACT: Improving Resident Engagement in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives at the Bedside The Advocate for Clinical Education (ACE)

ABSTRACT: Integrating Quality Improvement Into Continuing Medical Education Activities Within a Community Hospital System

ABSTRACT: Delivering Influenza Vaccine to High-Risk Adults Subspecialty Physician Practices

ABSTRACT: Teaching Quality Essentials The Effectiveness of a Team-Based Quality Improvement Curriculum in a Tertiary Health Care Institution

ABSTRACT: Impacts of Organizational Context on Quality Improvement

ABSTRACT: Data-Driven Interdisciplinary Interventions to Improve Inpatient Pain Management

Featured Article: New CME Architecture Aims to Enable Better Learning

MANUSCRIPT: An electronic portfolio for quantitative assessment of surgical skills in undergraduate medical education

Nudging learners to effectively learn

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