Professional monitoring and critical incident reporting using personal digital assistants

Objective: To assess the practicality of using personal digital assistants (PDAs) for the collection of logbook data, procedural performance data and critical incident reports in anaesthetic trainees. Design: Pilot study. Setting: Two tertiary referral centres (in Victoria and New Zealand) and a lar...

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Published in:Medical journal of Australia 2002-11, Vol.177 (9), p.496-499
Main Authors: Bent, Paul D, Bolsin, Stephen N, Creati, Bernie J, Patrick, Andrew J, Colson, Mark E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia - adverse effects
Anesthesia, analgesia and pain
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthesiology - education
Biological and medical sciences
Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects
Catheterization, Peripheral - adverse effects
Clinical Competence
Computers, Handheld
Education
Humans
Informatics and computers
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Pilot Projects
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Risk Management - methods
Software
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Summary:Objective: To assess the practicality of using personal digital assistants (PDAs) for the collection of logbook data, procedural performance data and critical incident reports in anaesthetic trainees. Design: Pilot study. Setting: Two tertiary referral centres (in Victoria and New Zealand) and a large district hospital in Queensland. Participants: Six accredited Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) registrars and their ANZCA training supervisors. Interventions: Registrars and supervisors underwent initial training for one hour, and supervisors were provided with ongoing support. Main outcome measures: Reliable use of the program, average time for data entry and number of procedures logged. Results: ANZCA trainees reliably enter data into PDAs. The data can be transferred to a central database, where they can be remotely analysed before results are fed back to trainees. Conclusions: This technology can be used to monitor professional performance in ANZCA trainees.
ISSN:0025-729X
1326-5377
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04918.x