Patient-led training on patient safety: A pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of an educational intervention

V. JhaUniversity of Leeds, UK; V. JHA, FRCOG, MMedEd, PhD, was lead for the project and was involved in the recruitment of patients, design of intervention and was main facilitator for the sessions. He also helped analyse the data and wrote this paper.Correspondence[email protected]

A. WinterbottomBradford Institute for Health Research, UK; A. WINTERBOTTOM, MSc, PhD, was senior research fellow for the project. She was involved in the recruitment of patients, developing the intervention, organising and facilitating the teaching sessions and collecting/analysing the data.

J. SymonsUniversity of Leeds, UK; J. SYMONS, BA (Hons), MA, facilitated the PLJ and teaching sessions. She was the main researcher involved in supporting and debriefing the patients.

Z. ThompsonBradford Institute for Health Research, UK; Z. THOMPSON, BA (hons), MA, PhD, was senior research fellow for the project. She helped in analysing the data and writing the paper.

N. QuintonUniversity of Leeds, UK; N. QUINTON, BSc (hons), MEd, PhD, helped in analysing the data and writing the paper.

O. J. CorradoWest Yorkshire Foundation School, UK; O. J. CORRADO, MBBS, FRCP, facilitated the integration of the intervention into the training programme. He was involved in developing the intervention and writing the paper.

C. MelvilleNorth Yorkshire and East Coast Foundation School, UK; C. MELVILLE, MBChB, FRCA, FRCP, FFICM, helped in developing the intervention and in writing the paper.

I. WattUniversity of York, UK; I. WATT, BSc, MB ChB, MPH, FFPH, was involved in designing the intervention, providing critique and guidance to the development and implementation of the programme. He also contributed to writing the paper.

D. TorgersonUniversity of York, UK; D. TORGERSON, MSc, PhD, provided guidance on the implementation of the intervention, particularly in relation to the subsequent RCT. He also contributed to the analysis of the data.

J. WrightBradford Institute for Health Research, UK; J. WRIGHT, BSc, MB ChB, MRCP, MPH, MFPHM, FFPHM, FRCP, was principal investigator for the NIHR programme grant. He contributed to the design, implementation and writing up of the study.

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Abstract

Background: Training in patient safety is an important element of medical education. Most educational interventions on patient safety training adopt a ‘health-professional lens’ with limited consideration on the impact of safety lapses on the patient and their families and little or no involvement of patients in the design or delivery of the training.

Aims: This paper describes a pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a patient-led educational intervention to facilitate safety training amongst newly qualified doctors.

Method: Patients and/or carers who had experienced harm during their care shared narratives of their stories with trainees; this was followed by a focused discussion on patient safety issues exploring the causes and consequences of safety incidents and lessons to be learned from these.

Results: The intervention, which will be further tested in an NIHR-funded randomised controlled trial (RCT), was successfully implemented into an existing training programme and found acceptance amongst the patients and trainees.

Conclusion: The pilot study proved to be a useful step in refining the intervention for the RCT including identifying appropriate outcome measures and highlighting organisational issues.

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