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ArticleJournal of evaluation in clinical practice2025

Reflective Tool on Advanced Access to Support Primary Healthcare Teams: Development and Validation of an Online Questionnaire.

Isabelle Gaboury, Mylaine Breton, Christine Beaulieu, Marianne Renard, Maxime Sasseville, Lara Maillet, Catherine Hudon, Isabel Rodrigues, Sabina Abou Malham, Arnaud Duhoux and 1 more

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Isabelle GabouryDepartment of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2881-4714
Mylaine BretonDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Christine BeaulieuDepartment of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
Marianne RenardDepartment of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9387-0552
Maxime SassevilleFaculty of Nursing, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1694-1414
Lara MailletÉcole Nationale d'Administration Publique, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6192-183X
Catherine HudonDepartment of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6140-9916
Isabel RodriguesDepartment of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Sabina Abou MalhamSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2885-6807
Arnaud DuhouxFaculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9150-4789
Jeannie HaggertyDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2473-3861

Funding

This research was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Health and Social Services of Quebec.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleAwareness of their standing relative to best practices motivates primary healthcare (PHC) teams to improve their practices. However, gathering the data necessary to create such a portrait is a challenge. An effective way to support the improvement of the practices of PHC teams is to simplify the availability of data portraying aspects of their practices that might need improvement. Timely access is one of the foremost challenges of PHC. Yet, very few tools supporting reflections on the implementation of best practices to improve access are available to PHC teams. AIMS AND

objectivesTo develop an online reflective tool that evaluates the state of a PHC team member's advanced access practice and formulates customized recommendations for improvement.

methodsThis sequential multimethod study was informed by a literature review and an expert panel composed of researchers, patients, provincial and local decision-makers, and PHC clinical and administrative staff in the province of Quebec, Canada. Consensus was reached on the content of the questionnaire and the prioritization of the recommendations.

resultsNo reflective tool on advanced access practices was found in the literature review. Grey literature was used to create an initial version of the questionnaire. This version was revised and enriched through consultation phases with the expert panel. Then, five iterations of the tool were tested with 169 PHC team members, which led to the conception of two distinct versions: one for clinical staff and one for administrative agents responsible for appointment booking. The final versions of the reflective tool are available online in both English and French.

conclusionThis reflective tool provides a portrait of PHC team members' advanced access practices as well as an automated report that contains personalized and prioritized recommendations for improvement. Further developments are necessary for its optimal use among PHC professionals other than physicians and nurse practitioners.

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Health Services AccessibilityPatient Care TeamPrimary Health CareHumansQuality ImprovementQuebecSurveys and Questionnairesaccess to careCanadaprimary health carequality improvementquestionnaire designself‐assessmentsurvey

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