Deliberate Practice with Standardized Patient Actors and the Development of Formative Feedback for Advance Care Planning Facilitators.

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2017

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Multimodal curricular assessment after adding standardized patient (SP) actor-based simulation to an advance care planning (ACP) facilitator training course and development of a formative feedback tool.

BACKGROUND: ACP represents a highly valued service requiring more and better trained facilitators.

METHODS: Participants were primarily nurses and social workers in a large multisite health system. The course included a precourse video demonstration of ACP, traditional lectures, and four 30-minute simulations with SPs. Knowledge was tested with a multiple choice question (MCQ) test. In addition to standard postcourse/postsimulation evaluations, learners were surveyed pre/post/30-90 days delayed for self-perceived confidence. A linear mixed-effects model was used to analyze changes over time. Trained faculty rated performance in simulations with an observational mini-clinical examination (mini-CEX)-type rating form with a checklist, global competency, and global communication rating. Inter-rater reliability (IRR) was calculated on randomly selected paired ratings.

RESULTS: Sixty-seven individuals consented to participate. MCQ scores improved from 83% ± 10% to 92% ± 8% (p <  0.001). Paired learner surveys of self-confidence across six domains were available for 65 pre, 65 post, and 40 delayed with a mean positive change on a 0 to 10 point scale from pre-post (2.32 ± 1.65; p <  0.001) and predelayed (2.34 ± 1.96; p <  0.001) time frames. For the faculty observation ratings of simulation performance, the average raw agreement for critical actions was 82% and IRR was 0.71.

CONCLUSIONS: Learner feedback and self-assessment suggest that actor-based simulation contributed to improved confidence in conducting ACP. The mini-CEX observation form is adequate for formative feedback, with further testing needed to make judgments of competence.

Volume

20

Issue

6

First Page

631

Last Page

637

ISSN

1557-7740

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

28085541

Department(s)

Department of Emergency Medicine

Document Type

Article

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