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Patient Safety Escape Room: A Team Simulation in Recognizing and Reporting Patient Safety Hazards
- Source :
- American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality. 37(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Medical errors harm patients and increase costs. Engaging early clinicians in patient safety (PS) is critical but challenging. We evaluated the impact of a Patient Safety Escape Room (PSER) simulation on intern engagement in PS. During the PSER, learner teams identified PS hazards in a simulated hospital room, revealing clues that allow "escape" via event report entry. One-hundred twenty interns from 14 training programs completed 2 PSERs each. Before the PSER, 5% reported experience entering an event report. Following the PSER, all interns had participated in entering an event report. Mean learner-reported comfort in identifying PS hazards improved significantly (6.3 ± 1.57 to 8.0 ± 1.2; P0.001). Individual safety hazards were identified by between 6% and 100% of teams. Mean observer-rated teamwork was lower than learner-rated teamwork (41.5 ± 5.18 versus 45.92 ± 3.87; P = 0.01). Subsequent resident reporting rates did not increase compared with historic controls. The PSER engaged early learners, however, translating improvements into the clinical environment remains challenging.
Details
- ISSN :
- 1555824X
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7852b094069b53594cea505bd0358d4a