Submission ID 78151
| Code | OB-4-5 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Other |
| Presenter Other | Mid career faculty |
| Title | Providing Education in Safe Settings: A Framework for Postgraduate Programs to Promote Resident Clinical Care Safety and Wellness |
| Background/Purpose | There is a lack of formal guidance in postgraduate education to address resident trainee clinical care safety and management. Involving residents in a novel safety and wellness framework could support reporting of safety concerns and resident well-being. The objective of this study is to describe the development and implementation of a safety committee and framework for resident reporting of violent incidents toward trainees, including site safety reviews and safety policy integration. |
| Methods | Beginning in 2016, teaching staff and residents collaborated to co-create a Resident Safety Sub-Committee (RSS) and Safety Training Framework at a Canadian psychiatry department with 200 residents across 16 training sites. |
| Results | From 2016-2020, the RSS conducted 26 site safety reviews and four incident reviews. Site reviews followed a standardized safety template. Seventeen training sites were deemed adherent to safety policies, 9 were found to be mostly adherent, and none were flagged as non-adherent. Recommendations to enhance safety included monthly testing of panic alarms, developing a system to flag high-risk inpatients, extending safety procedures to outpatient services, and including wellness resources during site orientations, among others. |
| Discussion | Enhancing resident awareness of the subcommittee and framework, dissemination of safety guidelines and checklists, in addition to a transparent process for retrospective incident reviews and proactive site reviews could bridge the gap of safety training in residency and positively impact resident safety and well-being. |
| Keyword 1 | resident safety |
| Keyword 2 | postgraduate education |
| Keyword 3 | resident wellness |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Residency Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Physician & Medical Student Health and Well-being |
| Authors | Shaheen Darani Sabrina Agnihotri Certina Ho Lesley Wiesenfeld Sanjeev Sockalingam Shaheen Darani |
