Impact of a Training-action About Projects Leading for the Improvement of Care Quality in Managing Practice of Health Executive (ImpactFA)

August 12, 2016 updated by: University Hospital, Grenoble

The present study focuses on the quality of care and how the health executives can bring it to a central place in their management. A training-action has been set-up at the Health Executive training institute (University Hospital Grenoble) to improve care quality. Reports prepared by students (tutored projects) related to operational diagnosis and action plans about care quality improvement are given to health executives. The objective is to evaluate how the health executive will use the tutored project to improve care quality and set-up actions.The hypothesis is that the health executive will use the tutored project to improve project management.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Health Care Quality Management (no Condition).

Intervention / Treatment

Other: Health care quality management

Detailed Description

Every year, 9 voluntary health executives will be included and followed during 1 year. The experience will be done 3 times (3 years).

It is a qualitative study using 3 forms to recover data: group focus, individual interviews, project monographs. Speeches coding will enable to test the hypothesis from 2 analysis points: place of health executive and place of tutored project.

The study will be resulting in recommendations to health executives for their management methods and taken into account to define training.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

France
- - Grenoble, France
    - Recruiting
    - University Hospital Grenoble
    - Contact:
      
      Tinaig LE COSTAOUEC
      
      Email: tlecostaouec@chu-grenoble.fr
    - Contact:
      
      Pierre-Philippe DUJARDIN

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Health Executive volunteers

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

The volunteers are health executives with diploma

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in the managerial practices of health executives about health care quality management after tutored projects. Time Frame: 1 year for each volunteer.	The subjects are not patients but health executive managers. The study foccuses on their management pratices and changes after tutored projects. There are 2 analysis criteria: place of health executive and place of tutored project.	1 year for each volunteer.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Hospital, Grenoble

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Pierre-Philippe DUJARDIN, University Hospital, Grenoble

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2016

Study Completion (Anticipated)

January 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 9, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 12, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

August 17, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)