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A compendium of the steps required to complete 13 essential procedural skills
(University of Galway, 2022-09)Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are units of professional practice that capture essential competencies in which trainees must become proficient before undertaking them independently. EPAs provide supervisors ... -
Learning from complaints about hospital care
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2022)Complaints are often seen as a negative experience in healthcare, with patients or family members writing about poor experiences of care, or things that went wrong. These things that go wrong may be small issues or ... -
Analysing complaints about primary care with the healthcare complaints analysis tool (General Practice): A user’s guide
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2022-01)General practice is a vital aspect of the health service, with large numbers of patient contacts every year1. While general practice is often seen as inherently less risky than secondary care2, errors have been found to ... -
An introduction to human factors for healthcare workers
(Health Services Executive, 2021-11-20)This document: (1) provides a comprehensive overview of human factors; (2) supports healthcare workers to identify the human factors issues in their workplace; (3) supports the identification of the human factors contributors ... -
National strategic guide for the implementation of simulation on clinical sites
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A systematic review of patient complaints about general practice.
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-11-19)Health care complaints are an underutilized resource for quality and safety improvement. Most research on health care complaints is focused on secondary care. However, there is also a need to consider patient safety in ... -
Initial psychometric evaluation of a psychological resilience measure for physicians
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-10-20)Measures of Psychological Resilience (PR) for use with physician populations are lacking. The objective of this study is to develop and assess the validity and internal consistency of a survey designed to measure the ... -
ASPiH Conference 2019 keynote paper. Quality improvement through simulation: a missed opportunity?
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-03-04)As the use of simulation has become more established in the delivery of healthcare education and training, there has been a corresponding increase in healthcare simulation research. Simulation-based research can be divided ... -
The application of human reliability analysis to three critical care procedures
(Elsevier, 2020-07-10)Background: Procedures carried out in the intensive care unit are prone to human error. Standardisation has been suggested as an approach for reducing errors. This study used human reliability analysis methodologies to ... -
The 100 most cited articles on healthcare simulation: a bibliometric review
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-06)This article provides an overview and synthesis of the 100 most cited healthcare simulation publications to provide insight into the articles that have shaped current knowledge and practice. Searches of the Scopus and Web ... -
A systematic review of measurement tools for the proactive assessment of patient safety in general practice
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-04-04)Background Primary care physicians have reported a difficulty in understanding how best to measure and improve patient safety in their practices. Objectives The aims of the study were to identify measures of patient ... -
Prevalence of burnout among Irish general practitioners: a cross-sectional study
(Springer, 2016-01-23)Burnout constitutes a significant problem among physicians which impacts negatively upon both the doctor and their patients. Previous research has indicated that burnout is prevalent among primary care physicians in other ... -
A mixed method, multiperspective evaluation of a near peer teaching programme
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-02-24)Purpose of study Peer teaching (PT) has become increasingly popular. PT may offer benefits for students, tutors and institutions. Although resistance to PT has been identified among faculty, research has typically focused ... -
A mixed methods evaluation of paediatric trainee preparedness to manage cardiopulmonary arrests
(Springer, 2017-09-21)Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) survival rates are strongly linked to the training of the doctors responding to the event. This study sought to characterise the level of experience in managing CPAs among paediatric ... -
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: A systematic review
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-11)Objectives: To synthesize the literature describing interventions to improve hand hygiene in ICUs, to evaluate the quality of the extant research, and to outline the type, and efficacy, of interventions described. Data ... -
Barriers and facilitators related to the implementation of a physiological track and trigger system: A systematic review of the qualitative evidence
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2017-11-21)Purpose To identify the barriers to, and facilitators of, the implementation of physiological track and trigger systems (PTTSs), perceived by healthcare workers, through a systematic review of the extant qualitative ... -
The effect of operator position on the quality of chest compressions delivered in a simulated ambulance
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-12-09)Background: Ambulances are where patient care is often initiated or maintained, but this setting poses safety risks for paramedics. Paramedics have found that in order to optimize patient care, they must compromise their ... -
A systematic review of interventions to foster physician resilience
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-02-21)This review aimed to synthesise the literature describing interventions to improve resilience among physicians, to evaluate the quality of this research and to outline the type and efficacy of interventions implemented. ... -
Psychometric evaluation of a measure of factors influencing hand hygiene behaviour to inform intervention
(Hospital Infection Society, 2019-02-12)Background Although the hand hygiene (HH) procedure is simple, the related behaviour is complex and is not readily understood, explained or changed. There is a need for practical tools to provide data that can guide ... -
A systematic review of patient complaints about general practice
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-11-19)Objective This review aimed to synthesize the extant research on complaints in general practice. Methods Five electronic databases were searched: Medline, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Academic Search Complete. ...