CBME framework to promote transition to senior

Residency programs across Canada are transitioning to Competence by Design (CBD). Our innovative framework improves the traditional transition to independent senior overnight call process by adding workplace-based (WBA) assessments. Our process ensures that faculty and residents have a shared understanding of what competencies need to be demonstrated before residents can work independently as the in-house senior resident overnight. This protocol is worth exploring; initial perceptions suggest an increase in resident confidence while on call and improved faculty comfort when paired with these senior residents. We believe that this in turn will be reflected in enhanced patient care

Évaluateurs attitrés : description d'une intervention éducative inédite visant à faciliter l'observation directe en milieu clinique

Background: The Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University undertook a pilot project in July 2017 to increase the frequency of direct observations (DO) its residents received without affecting the patient flow in a busy hospital-based pediatric ambulatory care clinic. Facilitating DO for authentic workplace-based assessments is essential for assessing resident’s core competencies. The purpose of this study was to pilot an innovative education intervention to address the challenge of implementing DO in the clinical setting. Methods: The project allowed for staff physicians to act as “dedicated assessors” (DA), a faculty member who was scheduled to conduct direct observations of trainees’ clinical skills, while not acting as the attending physician on duty. At the end of the project, focus group interviews were conducted with faculty and residents, and thematic analysis was completed. Results: Participants reported an increase in the overall quality of feedback received during the observations performed by a DA, with more specific feedback and a broader focus of assessment. There seemed to be little disruption to patient care. Some residents described the observations as anxiety-provoking. Conclusions: Overall, this project provides insight into an educational approach that medical residency programs can apply to increase the frequency of workplace-based DO and boost the quality of feedback residents receive while maintaining the flow of already busy ambulatory care clinics.Contexte: En juillet 2017, le département de pédiatrie de l’Université Queen’s a lancé un projet pilote visant à augmenter la fréquence des observations directes (OD) dont faisaient l’objet ses résidents sans affecter le flux de patients dans une clinique achalandée de soins pédiatriques ambulatoires. Il est essentiel de faciliter l’OD, permettant une évaluation authentique en milieu de travail, afin d’évaluer les compétences fondamentales des résidents. L’objectif de cette étude était de piloter une intervention éducative novatrice pour relever le défi de la mise en place de l’OD dans le cadre clinique. Méthodes: Le projet permettait aux médecins d’agir en tant qu’« évaluateurs attitrés » (ÉA) : c’est-à-dire un membre du corps professoral chargé de l’observation directe des compétences cliniques des apprenants alors qu’il n’était pas le médecin traitant de service. Une analyse thématique a été réalisée sur la base d’entrevues de groupe menées avec le corps professoral et les résidents à la fin du projet. Résultats: Les participants ont signalé une augmentation de la qualité générale de la rétroaction reçue au cours des observations effectuées par un ÉA, notamment des commentaires plus précis et une évaluation plus complète. Il semble y avoir eu peu de perturbations dans les soins aux patients. Certains résidents ont décrit les observations comme étant anxiogènes. Conclusions: Dans l’ensemble, ce projet donne un aperçu d’une approche éducative qui peut être appliquée dans le cadre des programmes de résidence en médecine dans le but d’augmenter la fréquence des OD en milieu de travail et d’améliorer la qualité de la rétroaction reçue par les résidents sans perturber le flux de patients dans les cliniques de soins ambulatoires déjà très achalandées

Sept façons à prendre en main la mise en œuvre de la formation médicale fondée sur les compétences au niveau des programmes

Competency-based medical education (CBME) curricula are becoming increasingly common in graduate medical education. Put simply, CBME is focused on educational outcomes, is independent of methods and time, and is composed of achievable competencies.1 In spite of widespread uptake, there remains much to learn about implementing CBME at the program level. Leveraging the collective experience of program leaders at Queen’s University, where CBME simultaneously launched across 29 specialty programs in 2017, this paper leverages change management theory to provide a short summary of how program leaders can navigate the successful preparation, launch, and initial implementation of CBME within their residency programs

Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin

Optogenetic inhibition of the electrical activity of neurons enables the causal assessment of their contributions to brain functions. Red light penetrates deeper into tissue than other visible wavelengths. We present a red-shifted cruxhalorhodopsin, Jaws, derived from Haloarcula (Halobacterium) salinarum (strain Shark) and engineered to result in red light–induced photocurrents three times those of earlier silencers. Jaws exhibits robust inhibition of sensory-evoked neural activity in the cortex and results in strong light responses when used in retinas of retinitis pigmentosa model mice. We also demonstrate that Jaws can noninvasively mediate transcranial optical inhibition of neurons deep in the brains of awake mice. The noninvasive optogenetic inhibition opened up by Jaws enables a variety of important neuroscience experiments and offers a powerful general-use chloride pump for basic and applied neuroscience.McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Razin Fellowship)United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Living Foundries Program (HR0011-12-C-0068)Harvard-MIT Joint Research Grants Program in Basic NeuroscienceHuman Frontier Science Program (Strasbourg, France)Institution of Engineering and Technology (A. F. Harvey Prize)McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. Neurotechnology (MINT) ProgramNew York Stem Cell Foundation (Robertson Investigator Award)National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (New Innovator Award 1DP2OD002002)National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.) (EUREKA Award 1R01NS075421)National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant 1R01DA029639)National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant 1RC1MH088182)National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant 1R01NS067199)National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Career Award CBET 1053233)National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant EFRI0835878)National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant DMS0848804)Society for Neuroscience (Research Award for Innovation in Neuroscience)Wallace H. Coulter FoundationNational Institutes of Health (U.S.) (RO1 MH091220-01)Whitehall FoundationEsther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc.JPB FoundationPIIF FundingNational Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (R01-MH102441-01)National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (DP2-OD-017366-01)Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Simons Center for the Social Brai

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Dedicated Assessors: description of an innovative education intervention to facilitate direct observation in the clinical setting

Background: The Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University undertook a pilot project in July 2017 to increase the frequency of direct observations (DO) its residents received without affecting the patient flow in a busy hospital-based pediatric ambulatory care clinic. Facilitating DO for authentic workplace-based assessments is essential for assessing resident’s core competencies. The purpose of this study was to pilot an innovative education intervention to address the challenge of implementing DO in the clinical setting.Methods: The project allowed for staff physicians to act as “dedicated assessors” (DA), a faculty member who was scheduled to conduct direct observations of trainees’ clinical skills, while not acting as the attending physician on duty. At the end of the project, focus group interviews were conducted with faculty and residents, and thematic analysis was completed.Results: Participants reported an increase in the overall quality of feedback received during the observations performed by a DA, with more specific feedback and a broader focus of assessment. There seemed to be little disruption to patient care. Some residents described the observations as anxiety-provoking.Conclusions: Overall, this project provides insight into an educational approach that medical residency programs can apply to increase the frequency of workplace-based DO and boost the quality of feedback residents receive while maintaining the flow of already busy ambulatory care clinics.Contexte: En juillet 2017, le département de pédiatrie de l’Université Queen’s a lancé un projet pilote visant à augmenter la fréquence des observations directes (OD) dont faisaient l’objet ses résidents sans affecter le flux de patients dans une clinique achalandée de soins pédiatriques ambulatoires. Il est essentiel de faciliter l’OD, permettant une évaluation authentique en milieu de travail, afin d’évaluer les compétences fondamentales des résidents. L’objectif de cette étude était de piloter une intervention éducative novatrice pour relever le défi de la mise en place de l’OD dans le cadre clinique.Méthodes: Le projet permettait aux médecins d’agir en tant qu’« évaluateurs attitrés » (ÉA) : c’est-à-dire un membre du corps professoral chargé de l’observation directe des compétences cliniques des apprenants alors qu’il n’était pas le médecin traitant de service. Une analyse thématique a été réalisée sur la base d’entrevues de groupe menées avec le corps professoral et les résidents à la fin du projet.Résultats: Les participants ont signalé une augmentation de la qualité générale de la rétroaction reçue au cours des observations effectuées par un ÉA, notamment des commentaires plus précis et une évaluation plus complète. Il semble y avoir eu peu de perturbations dans les soins aux patients. Certains résidents ont décrit les observations comme étant anxiogènes.Conclusions: Dans l’ensemble, ce projet donne un aperçu d’une approche éducative qui peut être appliquée dans le cadre des programmes de résidence en médecine dans le but d’augmenter la fréquence des OD en milieu de travail et d’améliorer la qualité de la rétroaction reçue par les résidents sans perturber le flux de patients dans les cliniques de soins ambulatoires déjà très achalandées

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