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ArticleInteractive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery2013

Template of patient-specific summaries facilitates education and outcomes in paediatric cardiac surgery units.

Hemant S Agarwal, Karen B Wolfram, Jennifer M Slayton, Benjamin R Saville, William B Cutrer, David P Bichell, Zena L Harris, Frederick E Barr, Jayant K Deshpande

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Hemant S AgarwalMonroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA.
Karen B Wolfram
Jennifer M Slayton
Benjamin R Saville
William B Cutrer
David P Bichell
Zena L Harris
Frederick E Barr
Jayant K Deshpande

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objectivesFew educational opportunities exist in paediatric cardiac critical care units (PCCUs). We introduced a new educational activity in the PCCU in the form of of patient-specific summaries (TPSS). Our objective was to study the role of TPSS in the provision of a positive learning experience to the multidisciplinary clinical team of PCCUs and in improving patient-related clinical outcomes in the PCCU.

methodsProspective educational intervention with simultaneous clinical assessment was undertaken in PCCU in an academic children's hospital. TPSS was developed utilizing the case presentation format for upcoming week's surgical cases and delivered once every week to each PCCU clinical team member. Role of TPSS to provide clinical education was assessed using five-point Likert-style scale responses in an anonymous survey 1 year after TPSS provision. Paediatric cardiac surgery patients admitted to the PCCU were evaluated for postoperative outcomes for TPSS provision period of 1 year and compared with a preintervention period of 1 year.

resultsTPSS was delivered to 259 clinical team members including faculty, fellows, residents, nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists and others from the Divisions of Anesthesia, Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Critical Care, and Pediatrics working in the PCCU. Two hundred and twenty-four (86%) members responded to the survey and assessed the role of TPSS in providing clinical education to be excellent based on mean Likert-style scores of 4.32 ± 0.71 in survey responses. Seven hundred patients were studied for the two time periods and there were no differences in patient demographics, complexity of cardiac defect and surgical details. The length of mechanical ventilation for the TPSS period (57.08 ± 141.44 h) was significantly less when compared with preintervention period (117.39 ± 433.81 h) (P < 0.001) with no differences in length of PCICU stay, hospital stay and mortality for the two time periods.

conclusionsProvision of TPSS in a paediatric cardiac surgery unit is perceived to be beneficial in providing clinical education to multidisciplinary clinical teams and may be associated with improved clinical outcome.

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Medical RecordsPatient Care TeamAttitude of Health PersonnelCardiac Surgical ProceduresComprehensionEducation, MedicalEducation, NursingForms and Records ControlHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHospitals, PediatricHumansIntensive Care Units, PediatricPediatricsProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsCongenital heart diseaseEducation, all levelsHealth providerOutcomesPaediatricPostoperative care

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PMID23832839
PMCPMC3781805

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