Interpretation of surgical neuromonitoring data in canada: author response

Norton, Jonathan; Aronyk, Keith; Hedden, Douglas

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“…In particular, CANM believes very strongly that the individual in the room should be the person performing the interpretation. This situation seems ideal (the US medicare systems reimburses more for in-room interpretation than remote), but there remains controversy as to who should be interpreting (in the room or elsewhere) in Canada 7 - 9 and especially if it should be a “professional” (by which I mean a PhD or MD) 10 some of which is discussed in the current paper. Clearly, whether a person enters training with a BSc or a PhD will greatly impact the training they require.…”

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Training and Regulating Clinical Scientists in Canada: Online Training for Intraoperative Neuromonitoring?

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2018

Can. J. Neurol. Sci.

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Training and Regulating Clinical Scientists in Canada: Online Training for Intraoperative Neuromonitoring?

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2018

Can. J. Neurol. Sci.

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“…However, even between web-based surveys, response rates can vary as shown by two surveys conducted in Canada, done through the organisation affiliates. A reported response rate of 79% [ 17 ] was received for the one, while only 227 completed responses were received for the other with unknown response rate [ 22 ].…”

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Feasibility of using postal and web-based surveys to estimate the prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in South Africa

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IntroductionHealth Care Workers (HCWs) are among the highest risk groups for contracting tuberculosis (TB), which is ranked the third most common occupational health disease in South Africa. Little is known about the true extent of the burden of TB among South African HCWs and current surveillance approaches are inadequate. The study aimed to determine the feasibility of using postal and web-based surveys accessed through registries of registered professionals to estimate the prevalence of TB among HCWs in South Africa.Materials and methodsWe conducted a cross sectional survey on a sample of professional nurses and doctors (general practitioners) registered on the Medpages database platform; a subscription based registry for practising health care professionals. The survey included professionals who were actively involved in the clinical management of patients, either in public or private health care facilities. The paper based survey, including pre-paid return envelopes, was distributed via the post office and web-based surveys were distributed via e-mail through a hyperlink. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data and the Chi-square test to determine associations between categorical variables. Active TB was defined as any history of TBResultsOut of a total of 3,400 health care professionals contacted, 596 (18%) responses were received: 401 (67%) web-based and 195 (33%) postal. A significantly higher percentage of complete forms were from postal compared to web-based (97% [189/195] versus 87% [348/401], p<0.001). Younger (<60 years) professionals were more likely to use the web-based compared to postal (87% [236/270] versus 71% [134/189], p<0.001). Overall, the prevalence of active TB infection was 8.7%, (95%CI: 6.3%–11.7%) and there was no difference observed between doctors and nurses (10.8% [18/167] versus 7.5% [22/292], p = 0.236).ConclusionThis novel approach demonstrated the feasibility of using an existing registry of professionals to conduct surveys to estimate the prevalence of TB. Our findings showed a high TB prevalence; however the estimate might have been biased by the low response rate. Further research to optimise our approach could lead to a viable option in improving surveillance among health care professionals.

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Interpretation of surgical neuromonitoring data in canada: author response

Cited by 2 publications

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Training and Regulating Clinical Scientists in Canada: Online Training for Intraoperative Neuromonitoring?

Training and Regulating Clinical Scientists in Canada: Online Training for Intraoperative Neuromonitoring?

Feasibility of using postal and web-based surveys to estimate the prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in South Africa

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