A targeted e-learning program for surgical trainees to enhance patient safety in preventing surgical infection

Seamus Mark McHugh; Mark Corrigan; Borislav Dimitrov; Seamus Cowman; Sean Tierney; Hilary Humphreys; Arnold Hill

doi:10.1002/chp.20091

A targeted e-learning program for surgical trainees to enhance patient safety in preventing surgical infection

Seamus Mark McHugh
, Mark Corrigan
, Borislav Dimitrov
, Seamus Cowman
, Sean Tierney
, Hilary Humphreys
, Arnold Hill

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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Abstract

Introduction: Surgical site infection accounts for 20% of all health care-associated infections (HCAIs); however, a program incorporating the education of surgeons has yet to be established across the specialty. Methods: An audit of surgical practice in infection prevention was carried out in Beaumont Hospital from July to November 2009. An educational Web site was developed targeting deficiencies highlighted in the audit. Interactive clinical cases were constructed using PHP coding, an HTML-embedded language, and then linked to a MySQL relational database. PowerPoint tutorials were produced as online Flash audiovisual movies. An online repository of streaming videos demonstrating best practice was made available, and weekly podcasts were made available on the iTunes

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-259
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/chp.20091
Publication status	Published - Sep 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

E-learning
Health-care-associated infection
Infection prevention
Surgical training

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A targeted e-learning program for surgical trainees to enhance patient safety in preventing surgical infection

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