Simulation-Based Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation in Psychiatry: A Novel Tool for Performance Assessment

Gorrindo, Tristan; Goldfarb, Elizabeth V.; Birnbaum, Robert; Chevalier, Lydia; Meller, Benjamin; Alpert, Jonathan E.; Herman, John B.; Weiss, Anthony P.

doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39045-x

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“…A number of performance appraisal studies were carried out in various countries, from industrialized countries such as the UK [16], the US [17], and China [18], and also developing ones such as Indonesia [19] and Thailand [20]. Also, the studies covered different types of settings and workplaces such as healthcare services [16,21], enterprises [19,22], and universities [23].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In another type of healthcare setting in the USA, the purpose was to develop a webbased psychiatric simulation focusing on violence risk assessment as a tool for a department-wide ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) [17]. The outcome would be a good identification of the gaps that needed to be filled in their career development.…”

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“…[17] The results of the application of the Orion system, using open-source tools to facilitate the identification and monitoring of resident and fellow discrepancies in on-call preliminary reports, led to the conclusion that it is a powerful information technology tool that can be used by residency program directors, fellowship programs directors, residents, and fellows to improve radiology education and training [21].…”

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2015

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2015

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“…It is thus of interest to us to determine to what extent psychiatry, as a discipline, has embraced online, Web-based, and mobile phone technologies for educational needs of psychiatry medical students and residents. A literature search revealed that the most recent apps of Web-based technology was that of the usage of virtual worlds for role-play simulation in child and adolescent psychiatry [ 8 ], the usage of telemedicine for peer-to-peer psychiatry learning between medical students in the United Kingdom and Somaliland [ 9 ], the usage of stimulation for performance evaluation in psychiatry [ 10 ], and the usage of virtual patients as training tools to teach clinical interviewing skills [ 11 , 12 ]. A search through the existing published literature using the keywords “psychiatry, smartphone, education” did not yield any published papers to date that examined the app of the latest Web-based and mobile phone technologies for psychiatry education.…”

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Global Outreach of a Locally-Developed Mobile Phone App for Undergraduate Psychiatry Education

Zhang¹,

Cheok²,

Ho³

2015

JMIR Medical Education

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Background Over the past decade, there have been massive developments in both Web-based and mobile phone technologies. Mobile phones are well accepted by students, trainees, and doctors. A review of the current literature has identified the following specialties that have used mobile phones in education: pediatrics, ophthalmology, nephrology, plastic surgery, orthopedics, pharmacology, and urology. However, to date, there are no published papers examining the application of the latest mobile phone technologies for psychiatry education internationally. Objectives The main objectives of this study are (1) to determine the feasibility and receptiveness of a locally-developed psychiatry mobile phone app and user perspectives (both quantitative and qualitative) towards it, and (2) to determine the receptiveness of a locally-developed app for psychiatry education internationally. Methods A Web-based app that contained textbook contents, videos, and quizzes was developed using HTML5 technologies in 2012. Native apps were subsequently developed in 2013. Information about the apps was disseminated locally to Singaporean medical students, but the respective native apps were made available on the app stores. A user perspective survey was conducted locally to determine student’s perception of the app. Results From the inception of the app until the time of preparation of this manuscript, there have been a cumulative total of 28,500 unique visits of the responsive HTML5 Web-based mobile phone app. There have been a cumulative total of 2200 downloads of the Mastering Psychiatry app from the Apple app store and 7000 downloads of the same app from the Android app store. The initial user perspective survey conducted locally highlighted that approximately a total of 95.2% (177/186) of students felt that having a psychiatry mobile phone app was deemed to be useful. Further chi-squared analysis demonstrated that there was a significant difference between males and females in their perception of having textbook contents in the mobile phone app (χ24=12.9, P=.0012). Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the feasibility and global acceptance of a local, self-designed educational app for psychiatry education. Whilst the current research has managed to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptance of such an app, future studies would be warranted to look, in-depth, into whether there are cultural differences in terms of perceptions towards having such an app in psychiatry and what contents different cultures and cohorts of students might want within an app.

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“…In the late 1950s to early 1960s, simulations were already used to model neurotic processes, [16] verbal learning behavior, [17] social behavior, [18] and even human thoughts. [19] It was further recently clinically used in psychiatric consultation, [20] psychological and psychiatric assessment, [21,22] treatment and training. [23][24][25][26] Unquestionably, computer simulation is progressively gaining presence in the mental health field, but there has been no focus on patterns of hospital admission and utilization to search for optimized solutions to overcrowding.…”

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A new approach to over-bedding in American healthcare: Statistical analysis and computer simulation of patient admission in a West Virginia state psychiatric hospital

Zheng

Nickasch

et al. 2015

JHA

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Objective: To identify the factors that have a substantial impact on a West Virginia state psychiatric hospital's bed occupancy by investigating historical admission data, and developing a computer simulation system to give insight into modifiable variables that reduce admission numbers, therefore to provide solutions to the over-bedding problem. Methods: Quantitative review of hospital admission data from January 2007 to November 2013 allowed for the construction of a simulation model to estimate the inpatient flow. The system's performance was evaluated after alteration of selected parameters and variables. Results: The study revealed significant regional differences in admission numbers. The civil commitments and psychiatric hospitalizations do not directly correlate with county coverage populations. Some counties sent disproportionately more patients. Patients' length of stay also varied among geographical areas. Re-admission was not uncommon. Using the percentage of diversion as the outcome measurement, the computer simulation model reconstructed the admission scenario multiple times, predicting that the diversion rate can be significantly reduced if certain variables (hospital capacity, patient arrivals from top referring counties, and patient length of stay) are changed. Conclusions: Involuntary admissions were unevenly distributed according to geography and population in the studied American state psychiatric hospital. Using historical data, computer simulations can model hospital admission systems to evaluate performance and predict needs for change.

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Simulation-Based Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation in Psychiatry: A Novel Tool for Performance Assessment

Cited by 13 publications

References 6 publications

Impact of a Web-Based Application for Employee Performance Management (EPMS) on Employee Performance: Employees’ Opinions

Impact of a Web-Based Application for Employee Performance Management (EPMS) on Employee Performance: Employees’ Opinions

Global Outreach of a Locally-Developed Mobile Phone App for Undergraduate Psychiatry Education

A new approach to over-bedding in American healthcare: Statistical analysis and computer simulation of patient admission in a West Virginia state psychiatric hospital

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