Assessment of a Chief Complaint–Based Curriculum for Resident Education in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
| Autor: | Robert L Muelleman, Lance H Hoffman, William L Lyons, Michael C Wadman |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 484-488 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1936-900X 1936-9018 |
| Popis: | Introduction: We hypothesized that a geriatric chief complaint–based didactic curriculum would improve resident documentation of elderly patient care in the emergency department (ED). Methods: A geriatric chief complaint curriculum addressing the 3 most common chief complaints—abdominal pain, weakness, and falls—was developed and presented. A pre- and postcurriculum implementation chart review assessed resident documentation of the 5 components of geriatric ED care: 1) differential diagnosis/patient evaluation considering atypical presentations, 2) determination of baseline function, 3) chronic care facility/caregiver communication, 4) cognitive assessment, and 5) assessment of polypharmacy. A single reviewer assessed 5 pre- and 5 postimplementation charts for each of 18 residents included in the study. We calculated 95% confidence and determined that statistical significance was determined by a 2-tailed z test for 2 proportions, with statistical significance at 0.003 by Bonferroni correction. Results: For falls, resident documentation improved significantly for 1 of 5 measures. For abdominal pain, 2 of 5 components improved. For weakness, 3 of 5 components improved. Conclusion: A geriatric chief complaint–based curriculum improved emergency medicine resident documentation for the care of elderly patients in the ED compared with a non–age-specific chief complaint–based curriculum. [West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(4):484–488.] |
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