Center for Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia (Drs Zebley and Sarani, Mr Chang, and Ms Boese); and Inova Health System, Fairfax, Virginia (Mr Messing).
J Trauma Nurs. 2022;29(4):165-169. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000658.
The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma mandates regular peer review meetings for verified trauma centers. The COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person meetings to transition to an online platform.
The objective of this study was to assess the opinions of participants regarding the benefits and negative aspects of the virtual peer review process. We hypothesize that physicians and nurses would prefer a virtual meeting format.
An anonymous online survey of members of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Society of Trauma Nurses was distributed in May and June of 2021. Demographic data and Likert scale-based responses were collected using the Research Electronic Data Capture platform.
Invitations were sent to 1,726 physicians and 2,912 nurses. In total, 137 (8%) physicians and 141 (5%) nurses completed the survey. Both groups felt that either platform was effective in addressing opportunities for improvement in care. Physicians disagreed with the statement that anonymous online voting improved their ability to more accurately address opportunities for improvement. In total, 108 (79%) physicians and 100 (71%) nurses preferred a hybrid meeting. Only 18 (13%) physicians and 23 (16%) nurses wanted virtual meetings, whereas only 29 (21%) physicians and 36 (26%) nurses wanted in-person meetings going forward.
Virtual and in-person trauma peer review meetings are equally effective in terms of case discussion and identifying opportunities for improvement in care. Given that most people preferred a hybrid meeting, future studies evaluating how best to incorporate and implement this format are needed.
美国外科医师学会创伤委员会要求已认证的创伤中心定期进行同行评审会议。COVID-19 大流行迫使现场会议转移到在线平台。
本研究的目的是评估参与者对虚拟同行评审过程的益处和负面影响的看法。我们假设医生和护士会更喜欢虚拟会议形式。
2021 年 5 月至 6 月，向美国创伤外科学会和创伤护士学会的成员分发了一份匿名在线调查。使用 Research Electronic Data Capture 平台收集人口统计学数据和基于李克特量表的回答。
向 1726 名医生和 2912 名护士发出了邀请。共有 137 名（8%）医生和 141 名（5%）护士完成了调查。两组都认为无论是哪种平台都能有效地解决提高护理质量的机会。医生不同意匿名在线投票提高了他们更准确地解决改进机会的能力。共有 108 名（79%）医生和 100 名（71%）护士更喜欢混合会议。只有 18 名（13%）医生和 23 名（16%）护士希望进行虚拟会议，而只有 29 名（21%）医生和 36 名（26%）护士希望将来进行现场会议。
虚拟和现场创伤同行评审会议在病例讨论和确定护理改进机会方面同样有效。鉴于大多数人更喜欢混合会议，需要进行未来的研究来评估如何最好地结合和实施这种形式。
