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Coaching with audiovisual technology in acute-care hospital settings: systematic review.

Eilidh G M Gunn, Olivia C Ambler, Siri C Nallapati, Douglas S Smink, Andrew L Tambyraja, Steven Yule

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Eilidh G M GunnDepartment of Vascular Surgery, NHS Lothian, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2542-0242
Olivia C AmblerDepartment of Vascular Surgery, NHS Lothian, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Siri C NallapatiEdinburgh Medical School, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Douglas S SminkDepartment of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrew L TambyrajaDepartment of Vascular Surgery, NHS Lothian, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Steven YuleDepartment of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9889-9090

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSurgical coaching programmes are a means of improving surgeon performance. Embedded audiovisual technology has the potential to further enhance participant benefit and scalability of coaching. The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate how audiovisual technology has augmented coaching in the acute-care hospital setting and to characterize its impact on outcomes.

methodsA systematic review was conducted, searching PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycInfo, and CINAHL databases using PRISMA. Eligible studies described a coaching programme that utilized audiovisual technology, involved at least one coach-coachee interaction, and included healthcare professionals from the acute-care hospital environment. The risk of bias 2 tool and grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluations (GRADE) framework were used to evaluate studies. Synthesis without meta-analysis was performed, creating harvest plots of three coaching outcomes: technical skills, self-assessment/feedback, and non-technical skills.

resultsOf 10 458 abstracts screened, 135 full texts were reviewed, and 21 studies identified for inclusion. Seventeen studies were conducted within surgical specialties and six classes of audiovisual technology were utilized. An overall positive direction of effect was demonstrated for studies measuring improvement of either technical skills or non-technical skills. Direction of effect for self-assessment/feedback was weakly positive.

conclusionAudiovisual technology has been used successfully in coaching programmes within acute-care hospital settings to facilitate or assess coaching, with a positive impact on outcome measures. Future studies may address the additive benefits of video over in-person observation and enhance the certainty of evidence that coaching impacts on surgeon performance, surgeon well-being, and patient outcomes.

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MentoringSurgeonsHealth PersonnelHospitalsHumansTechnology

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PMID37794777
PMCPMC10551776

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