Junior doctors' preparedness to prescribe, monitor, and treat patients with the antibiotic vancomycin in an Australian teaching hospital / 보건의료교육평가
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
;
: 13-2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-20979
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
We aimed to assess the preparedness of junior doctors to use vancomycin, and to determine whether attending an educational session and being provided pocket guidelines were associated with self-reported confidence and objective knowledge.METHODS:
This was a 2-component cross-sectional study. A 60-minute educational session was implemented and pocket guidelines were provided. Preparedness was evaluated by a self-reported confidence survey in the early and late stages of each training year, and by continuing medical education (CME) knowledge scores.RESULTS:
Self-confidence was higher among those later in the training year (n=75) than in those earlier (n=120) in the year for all questions. In the late group, vancomycin education was associated with higher self-confidence regarding the frequency of therapeutic drug monitoring (P=0.02) and dose amendment (P=0.05); however, the confidence for initial monitoring was lower (P<0.05). Those with pocket guidelines were more confident treating patients with vancomycin (P<0.001), choosing initial (P=0.01) and maintenance doses (P<0.001), and knowing the monitoring frequency (P=0.03). The 85 respondents who completed the knowledge assessment scored a mean±standard deviation of 8.55±1.55 on 10 questions, and the interventions had no significant effect.CONCLUSION:
Attending an educational session and possessing pocket guidelines were associated with preparedness, as measured by higher self-reported confidence using vancomycin. High knowledge scores were attained following CME; however attending an educational session or possessing pocket guidelines did not significantly increase the knowledge scores. Our findings support providing educational sessions and pocket guidelines to increase self-confidence in prescribing vancomycin, yet also highlight the importance of evaluating content, format, and delivery when seeking to improve preparedness to use vancomycin through education.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Vancomycin
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Drug Monitoring
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Education
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Education, Medical, Continuing
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Prescriptions
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Self Report
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Hospitals, Teaching
Type of study:
Practice guideline
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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