Journal article
Development of a nationwide consensus curriculum of perioperative medicine: A modified Delphi method
Perioperative care and operating room management, Vol.12, pp.31-34
09/2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcorm.2018.09.002
Abstract
Although the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recognizes the importance of perioperative medicine and medicine consultation, there is no standardized perioperative medicine curriculum for internal medicine and primary care residents. Our objective was to design and implement a nationwide consensus curriculum of perioperative medicine for graduate medical education using a modified Delphi method.
We adopted the five-step modified Delphi method: (1) Online survey to assess current curricula for perioperative medicine; (2) In-person meeting to decide on core topics and teaching methods; (3) focus group of 6 leaders in perioperative medicine to determine objectives, assessment tools, and draft syllabus; (4) 2nd round Delphi to draft curriculum; (5) In-person meeting to discuss and finalize curriculum. The finalized curriculum was piloted as a two-week senior internal medicine elective at an academic health science center.
The final consensus curriculum is based on the SHMConsults.com modules and consists of 8 objectives and 8 core topics. Assessment tools targets all levels of Miller's Pyramid and includes a pretest, multiple choice posttest, mini-CEX, and critique of written consultation note. Participants rated the curriculum high overall educational value with clear and effective modules and comprehensive and useful evaluation tools. After completing the curriculum, the participants demonstrated improved knowledge and competence for each core principle.
This study used a modified Delphi method to develop a comprehensive curriculum for teaching perioperative medicine. The curriculum successfully increased learning competence in key skills in perioperative medicine. We hope to distribute the consensus curriculum to programs throughout the country.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development of a nationwide consensus curriculum of perioperative medicine: A modified Delphi method
- Creators
- Michele Fang - University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAvital O'Glasser - Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United StatesSunil Sahai - Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United StatesKurt Pfeifer - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesKay M Johnson - University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United StatesEthan Kuperman - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Perioperative care and operating room management, Vol.12, pp.31-34
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pcorm.2018.09.002
- ISSN
- 2405-6030
- eISSN
- 2405-6030
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2018
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094748102771
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