Diagnostic Safety: Needs Assessment and Informed Curriculum at an Academic Children's Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnostic excellence is central to healthcare quality and safety. Prior literature identified a lack of psychological safety and time as barriers to diagnostic reasoning education. We performed a needs assessment to inform the development of diagnostic safety education.

Methods

To evaluate existing educational programming and identify opportunities for content delivery, surveys were emailed to 155 interprofessional educational leaders and 627 clinicians at our hospital. Educational leaders and learners were invited to participate in focus groups to further explore beliefs, perceptions, and recommendations about diagnostic reasoning. The study team analyzed data using directed content analysis to identify themes.

Results

Of the 57 education leaders who resp

SUBMITTER: Congdon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11495683 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature