Cultural Competency, Risk Management, and Patient Safety Internet-Based Curriculum for OB/GYN Resident Physicians

Risk Reduction Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Cultural Competency, Risk Management, and Patient Safety Internet-Based Curriculum for OB/GYN Resident Physicians and Adverse Patient Events

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02355847
• Other study ID #: 029701
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 18, 2014
• Last updated: January 30, 2015
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: June 2013

Study information

• Verified date: January 2015
• Source: Ohio State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Additional educational training lectures were provided to healthcare workers. Outcome measure of cultural competency was completed to assess patient safety, risk management, and cultural competency of healthcare providers in an urban academic Labor and Delivery Unit.

Description:

Introduction: Patient safety, risk management, and cultural competency are essential topics for healthcare provider mastery in a high stakes, urban academic Labor and Delivery Unit.

Methods: A prospective cross sectional pilot study was performed with IRB exempt status to examine the effect of an internet based educational curriculum on topics including patient safety, risk management and cultural competency over 6 months amongst OB/GYN and Family Medicine medical students, nurses, and physicians. 76 healthcare providers participated. Assessments took place before and after curriculum implementation. Primary outcome measures were cultural competency as measured by the Tucker-Culturally Sensitive Health Care Inventory (TCSHCI) Provider Form, Pascal Metrics of Patient Safety survey for healthcare providers, patient satisfaction measured by the Press Ganey patient survey scores, and poor Labor and Delivery Outcomes. The curriculum intervention included five online lectures lasting 30-60 minutes pertaining to cultural competency, risk management, patient safety, and Team STEPPS training.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 76
• Est. completion date: June 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:. Inclusion criteria were OB/GYN medical students, Labor and Delivery nurses, and resident/ attending physicians in OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Anesthesia, and Family Medicine.

Exclusion Criteria:

• .Exclusion criteria were those providers that refused participation, or those that did not complete the course by June 2013.

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Risk Reduction

Intervention

Other:
• Lectures
Lectures

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brett Worly, MD

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Tucker-Culturally Sensitive Health Care Inventory (TCSHCI) Provider Form	Questionniare	6 months	No