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Trial reportBMJ open2016

Establishing the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and student experience of a Simulation-based education Training program On the Prevention of Falls (STOP-Falls) among hospitalised inpatients: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Cylie Williams, Kelly-Ann Bowles, Debra Kiegaldie, Stephen Maloney, Debra Nestel, Jessica Kaplonyi, Terry Haines

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Cylie WilliamsPeninsula Health, Allied Health, Frankston, Victoria, Australia Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
Kelly-Ann BowlesDepartment of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia Allied Health Research Unit, Monash Health, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5965-5971
Debra KiegaldieMonash Health, Medical Education and Simulation, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Stephen MaloneyDepartment of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2612-5162
Debra NestelMonash University, School of Rural Health, HealthPEER, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2941-2298
Jessica KaplonyiPeninsula Health, Allied Health, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
Terry HainesDepartment of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia Allied Health Research Unit, Monash Health, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSimulation-based education (SBE) is now commonly used across health professional disciplines to teach a range of skills. The evidence base supporting the effectiveness of this approach for improving patient health outcomes is relatively narrow, focused mainly on the development of procedural skills. However, there are other simulation approaches used to support non-procedure specific skills that are in need of further investigation. This cluster, cross-over randomised controlled trial with a concurrent economic evaluation (cost per fall prevented) trial will evaluate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and student experience of health professional students undertaking simulation training for the prevention of falls among hospitalised inpatients. This research will target the students within the established undergraduate student placements of Monash University medicine, nursing and allied health across Peninsula Health acute and subacute inpatient wards. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The intervention will train the students in how to provide the Safe Recovery program, the only single intervention approach demonstrated to reduce falls in hospitals. This will involve redevelopment of the Safe Recovery program into a one-to-many participant SBE program, so that groups of students learn the communication skills and falls prevention knowledge necessary for delivery of the program. The primary outcome of this research will be patient falls across participating inpatient wards, with secondary outcomes including student satisfaction with the SBE and knowledge gain, ward-level practice change and cost of acute/rehabilitation care for each patient measured using clinical costing data. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The Human Research Ethics Committees of Peninsula Health (LRR/15/PH/11) and Monash University (CF15/3523-2015001384) have approved this research. The participant information and consent forms provide information on privacy, storage of results and dissemination. Registration of this trial has been completed with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12615000817549. This study protocol has been prepared according to the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) checklist. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12615000817549; Pre-results.

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Accidental FallsAustraliaCost-Benefit AnalysisEducationEducation, Medical, UndergraduateHumansInpatientsLogistic ModelsResearch DesignSimulation TrainingStudentsGERIATRIC MEDICINEHEALTH ECONOMICSMEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING

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PMID27256087
PMCPMC4893858

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