Strengthening the Chain: A Continuing Medical Education Program for Test Results Follow-up

About this episode

This episode discusses a continuing medical education program aimed at improving test results follow-up for enhanced patient safety among physicians.

The Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)'s Commitment to Change in Test-Results Follow-Up (CTC-TRFU) program aims to provide physicians with resources to enhance their test results follow-up systems for improved patient safety. Framed around the Transtheoretical Model, the program involves a 6-month multimodal educational intervention involving individual and group coaching sessions, action planning, and reflection surveys. This study evaluates the program's impact by analyzing survey responses and course documents, focusing on three main outcomes: physicians' perceived barriers and challenges, changes in their confidence and commitment, and implemented practice changes with perceived impact on patient safety. Participants were Canadian physicians who enrolled through the CMPA's open-access registration, with a particular emphasis on those facing challenges in test result follow-up. Physicians who participated in the CTC-TRFU program reported meaningful practice changes, which we believe underscores the value of comprehensive, longitudinal continuing patient safety CPD initiatives. These findings indicate the potential for future studies to explore the long-term impact…

People in this episode

Host: Brian McGowan

Topics covered

• Continuing Medical Education
• Patient Safety
• Test Results Follow-up
• Physician Training
• Healthcare Improvement

Keywords

• test results
• patient safety
• continuing medical education
• physician training
• healthcare improvement
• survey analysis
• practice changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian Medical Protective Association, CMPA

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