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Trial reportPlastic and reconstructive surgery2017

Impact of an Event Reporting System on Resident Complication Reporting in Plastic Surgery Training: Addressing an ACGME and Plastic Surgery Milestone Project Core Competency.

Rajiv P Parikh, Alison Snyder-Warwick, Sybill Naidoo, Gary B Skolnick, Kamlesh B Patel

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Trial report in Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rajiv P ParikhSt. Louis, Mo.
Alison Snyder-WarwickSt. Louis, Mo.
Sybill NaidooSt. Louis, Mo.
Gary B SkolnickSt. Louis, Mo.
Kamlesh B PatelSt. Louis, Mo.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons · US

Funding

WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational SciencesUL1TR000448 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Postdoctoral Training in Cancer Prevention and ControlT32CA190194 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GRAHAM A. COLDITZ, AIMEE S JAMES · 2014 to 2026
$4.7M
Investigation of Terminal Schwann Cell Function in Homeostasis and InjuryK08NS096232 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SNYDER-WARWICK, ALISON K · 2017 to 2020
$717k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000448NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002345NCI NIH HHS T32 CA190194NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS096232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and Plastic Surgery Milestone Project has identified practice-based learning and improvement, which involves systematically analyzing current practices and implementing changes, as a core competency in residency education. In surgical care, complication reporting is an essential component of practice-based learning and improvement as complications are analyzed in morbidity and mortality conference for quality improvement. Unfortunately, current methods for capturing a comprehensive profile of complications may significantly underestimate the true occurrence of complications. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to evaluate an intervention for complication reporting and compare this to current practice, in a plastic surgery training program.

methodsThis is a preintervention and postintervention study evaluating resident reporting of complications on a plastic surgery service. The intervention was an online event reporting system developed by department leadership and patient safety experts. The cohorts consisted of all patients undergoing surgery during two separate 3-month blocks bridged by an implementation period. A trained reviewer recorded complications, and this served as the reference standard. Fisher's exact test was used for binary comparisons.

resultsThere were 32 complications detected in 219 patients from June to August of 2015 and 35 complications in 202 patients from October to December of 2015. The proportion of complications reported in the preintervention group was nine of 32 (28.1 percent). After the intervention, this significantly increased to 32 of 35 (91.4 percent) (p < 0.001).

conclusionAn intervention using an event reporting system, supported by departmental leadership, led to significant improvements in complication reporting by plastic surgery residents.

Indexed as

Clinical CompetencePostoperative ComplicationsQuality ImprovementData CollectionDocumentationHumansInternetInternship and ResidencyMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedMissouriOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePatient SafetyPediatricsPlastic Surgery ProceduresSurgery, Plastic

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PMID29068945
PMCPMC5667547
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