1 Project title
2 Background and significance of target area
Work through Caring Wisely has identified surgical supplies as a target area for streamlining superfluous costs at our Medical Center. While surgical resident educators expertly teach young surgeons technical skills required in the operating room, very little attention is paid to educating residents regarding the cost associated with the surgical supplies required for these operations. Furthermore, even the educators themselves, have little to no formal training in the costs of supplies used in surgery. We seek to create cost effective surgeons by enhancing decision-making in selecting economical surgical supplies via an interactive learning module.
Background and significance of target area:
"Rule Out Sepsis" is a term used for presumptive treatment of newborns with signs or risk factors suggesting bacterial infection. It is one of the most common reasons for term and late preterm newborns to be admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). At UCSF we generally treat these infants with intravenous (IV) antibiotics until cultures have been negative for at least 48 hours.
We plan to create and implement a volunteer curriculum for third year medical students to act as “High Value Care Officers” while on clinical medical rotations. This curriculum is aimed at creating a proficiency-based competency education for UCSF medical students.
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Background:
In this project we propose to develop a series of web-accessible, case-based high value care educational modules (the PedsValue Modules) for trainees and practicing physicians in pediatrics. The PedsValue modules will be developed by a multi-institution collaborative and disseminated nationally with joint endorsement by the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) and the American College of Physicians (ACP).