Publications by authors named "R Ramlogan"
Introduction: Ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia enhances pain control, patient outcomes and lowers healthcare costs. However, teaching this skill effectively presents challenges with current training methods. Simulation-based medical education offers advantages over traditional methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Structured training in regional anaesthesia includes pretraining on simulation-based educational platforms to establish a safe and controlled learning environment before learners are provided clinical exposure in an apprenticeship model. This scoping review was designed to appraise the educational outcomes of current simulation-based educational modalities in regional anaesthesia.
Methods: This review conformed to PRISMA-ScR guidelines.
Purpose: Simulation-based education in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) improves knowledge, skills, and patient outcomes. Nevertheless, it is not known how simulation-based UGRA education is used across Canada. We aimed to characterize the current use of simulation-based UGRA education in Canadian anesthesiology residency training programs.
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- Ontario's 2013 introduction of a patient-based funding model (Quality-Based Procedures) for hip fracture care was studied to evaluate its impact on processes and outcomes.
- The study analyzed health data before and after QBP implementation, focusing on factors like surgery timing, use of echocardiography, nerve blocks, and geriatric care, along with clinical outcomes like mortality and readmission rates.
- Results showed an increase in nerve block usage but a decrease in echocardiography, with no significant change in clinical outcomes, highlighting the need for ongoing evaluation of the QBP program to guide future healthcare policies.