AI Article Synopsis
- The paper evaluates a Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) implemented by a healthcare organization in Wales, focusing on its effectiveness in enhancing healthcare services and patient outcomes.
- Using a mixed methods approach and two established evaluation frameworks (Kirkpatrick's and Stake's), the study assesses participant satisfaction, learning, and the overall impact of the QIC, finding broad positives with some areas for improvement.
- It highlights the need for further testing of the hybrid evaluation framework beyond one organization and provides practical guidance for designing and assessing QICs, addressing a gap in existing research.
Article Abstract
Purpose: Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) are a popular approach to improving healthcare services and patient outcomes. This paper evaluates a QIC implemented by a large, integrated healthcare organisation in Wales in the UK.
Design/methodology/approach: This evaluation study draws on two well-established evaluation frameworks: Kirkpatrick's approach to gather data on participant satisfaction and learning and Stake's approach to gather data and form judgements about the impact of the intervention. A mixed methods approach was taken which included documentary analysis, surveys, semi-structured interviews, and observation of the QIC programme.
Findings: Together the two frameworks provide a rounded interpretation of the extent to which the QIC intervention was fit-for-purpose. Broadly the evaluation of the QIC was positive with some areas of improvement identified.
Research Limitations/implications: This study is limited to a QIC conducted within one organisation. Further testing of the hybrid framework is needed that extends to different designs of QICs.
Practical Implications: A hybrid framework is provided to assist those charged with designing and evaluating QICs.
Originality/value: Evaluation studies are limited on QICs and if present tend to adopt one framework. Given the complexities of undertaking quality improvement within healthcare, this study uniquely takes a hybrid approach.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-11-2021-0397 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Advancing surgical education: An evaluation of laparoscopic simulation training for medical students.
J Eval Clin Pract
February 2025
Department of Anatomy, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangdong, China.
Objective: To examine the medical students' awareness of laparoscopic surgery as well as assess the perceived importance of laparoscopic simulation training, and its impact on students' confidence, career aspirations, proficiency, spatial skills, and physical tolerance.
Design: Descriptive and comparative study using pre- and post-training assessments.
Setting: Simulation training sessions centred on laparoscopic surgery techniques.
Colors of the mind: a meta-analysis of creative arts therapy as an approach for post-traumatic stress disorder intervention.
BMC Psychol
January 2025
School of Education, College of Arts & Science, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia.
Background: In clinical practice, creative arts therapy is frequently utilized for the treatment of traumatized adults, with reports of favorable outcomes. However, the effectiveness of this intervention in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment has not yet been definitively established through meta-analysis. In this meta-analysis, we aim to assess the effectiveness of creative arts therapy in the management of PTSD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Study aims were to assess the current state and needs of faculty to inform the design of a formal mentorship program in a large academic Department of Psychiatry.
Methods: A 57- item self-administered online survey questionnaire was distributed to all faculty members.
Results: 225 faculty members completed the survey (24%).
Simulation-Debriefing Enhanced Needs Assessment (SDENA) is a simulation-based approach to prospective hazard analysis that uses simulation and debriefing as a unit-level diagnostic tool. Scenarios address failure modes for health care improvement targets, and debriefing explores unit-specific barriers and resiliencies. Debriefing guides are structured to explore how six drivers of a behavior engineering framework (data, tools/resources, incentives, knowledge/skills, capacity, motivation) influence clinical behaviors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDental Students' Learning Experience: Artificial Intelligence vs Human Feedback on Assignments.
Int Dent J
January 2025
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400 Sri Lanka. Electronic address:
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of an AI-based tool (ChatGPT-4) (AIT) vs a human tutor (HT) in providing feedback on dental students' assignments.
Methods: A total of 194 answers to two histology questions were assessed by both tutors using the same rubric. Students compared feedback from both tutors and evaluated its accuracy against a standard rubric.
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!