Patient Safety Escape Room: A Team Simulation in Recognizing and Reporting Patient Safety Hazards.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2022
Abstract
Medical errors harm patients and increase costs. Engaging early clinicians in patient safety (PS) is critical but challenging. We evaluated the impact of a Patient Safety Escape Room (PSER) simulation on intern engagement in PS. During the PSER, learner teams identified PS hazards in a simulated hospital room, revealing clues that allow "escape" via event report entry. One-hundred twenty interns from 14 training programs completed 2 PSERs each. Before the PSER, 5% reported experience entering an event report. Following the PSER, all interns had participated in entering an event report. Mean learner-reported comfort in identifying PS hazards improved significantly (6.3 ± 1.57 to 8.0 ± 1.2; P < 0.001). Individual safety hazards were identified by between 6% and 100% of teams. Mean observer-rated teamwork was lower than learner-rated teamwork (41.5 ± 5.18 versus 45.92 ± 3.87; P = 0.01). Subsequent resident reporting rates did not increase compared with historic controls. The PSER engaged early learners, however, translating improvements into the clinical environment remains challenging.
Volume
37
Issue
2
First Page
166
Last Page
172
ISSN
1555-824X
Published In/Presented At
Jaffe, R., Zavodnick, J., Papanagnou, D., Zhang, X. C., & Diemer, G. (2022). Patient Safety Escape Room: A Team Simulation in Recognizing and Reporting Patient Safety Hazards. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality, 37(2), 166–172. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.JMQ.0000753252.29933.8d
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
35230993
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article