Simulation Team Training and Critical Event Checklist Use for Optimizing the Management of Critical Perioperative Events in an Ambulatory Surgical Facility (CEC)

Critical Event Checklist Use for Management of Critical Events in Ambulatory Surgery

This study will determine if operating room teams manage a simulated event more effectively using a critical event checklist. Performance will be evaluated using a score based on how closely they follow a protocol for critical event management; a 'team' score and a score based on clinical recovery of the simulated patient. All teams will receive a debriefing session after managing 4 scenarios. Teams will return and manage 4 further scenarios after a period of 6-9 months.

The investigators will be testing the hypothesis that both clinical and behavioral team performance will improve with the use of Critical Event Checklists. The investigators also expect that health professional (participant) could attain knowledge related to the importance of non-technical skills and the use of CECs in the management of critical events.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Simulation Team Training in Ambulatory Surgery

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 30

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1B2
      • Women's College Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Health care professionals

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligibility Criteria for Participation:

  1. RN in active practice
  2. Anesthesiologist in active practice

  3. Surgeon in active practice

     Exclusion Criteria:

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
professional health care teams' behavioural performance is measured using a previously validated non-technical skills (NTS) tool (TEAM)and key process checklists	1.5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
questionnaires in participants' opinion of the educational intervention, willingness to participate in annual simulated scenario training, effect on subsequent clinical performance and opinion re: best sites for CEC placement	1.5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Women's College Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): July 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 27, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 6, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): March 8, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 19, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 15, 2013
• Last Verified: February 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2012-0030-B