alert presentation - sampson - ipssw 2014

ALERT Presentation: Evaluation of a drug prescribing app in a simulated scenario

Dr Paul Sampson & Dr David Grant

Bristol Medical Simulation Centre, UK

INSPIRE @ IPSSW 2014: Vienna, Austria

International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education

• Drug errors particularly common in Paediatrics

• Medical apps have largely unofficial use

• Lack of evidence that medical care is improved• Prescribe4 app allows printing of prescription

label with correct dose and reconstitution instructions


Background

• P: Staff involved in prescribing & administering drugs to children

• I: Prescribe4 App

• C: Traditional prescribing

• O: Prescription & Reconstitution errors, Time to administration


Study Method

Final Year Medical & Nursing Students

Pairs of 1 Medical & 1 Nursing Student

Control group Prescribe4 group

Randomisation

Traditional prescription training

Drug reconstitution training

Drug reconstitution training

Prescribe4 Training

Familiarisation scenario – Traditional Familiarisation scenario – Prescribe4

SVT Teaching SVT Teaching

SVT Scenario

Traditional training

SVT Scenario

medics nurses medics nurses

Pairs recombine Pairs recombine

Study Method

Prescribe 4training

Study Method

• ALERT Presentation 22/4/2014

• Grant Proposal n/a

• IRB Submission pending

• Recruitment / Data Collection August 2014

• Data Analysis depends on sample size

• Abstract Presentation protocol presented at IPSSW 2014

• Manuscript Preparation 2015


Timeline

1. How to improve efficiency in view of large numbers required (48 pairs in each group)?

2. What is the most important aspect in maintaining uniformity of scenarios throughout study?

3. Are there any other outcome measures (usability)?


3 Questions to improve study

Paul Sampson

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David Grant

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www.bmsc.co.uk


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