An online educational module on transfusion safety and appropriateness for resident physicians: a controlled before-after quality-improvement study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several professional societies have made value-based statements in support of restrictive transfusion strategies. The aim of this study was to determine whether completion of an accredited online training program in transfusion safety could improve transfusion knowledge among medical residents and increase transfusion appropriateness.

Methods

We performed a controlled before-after evaluation of a mandatory accredited self-directed training program (Bloody Easy Lite for Physicians) that provides education about transfusion medicine on a 47-bed medical clinical teaching unit at a university-affiliated hospital centre in Montréal. The program consists of 2 modules and takes about 30 minutes to complete. We used the 45-bed medical teaching unit at another Montréal hos

SUBMITTER: Lee TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658213 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature