Method and system for providing timely performance evaluations to students or trainees
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for providing timely performance evaluations to health care practitioners, which method comprises:
- (a) providing at least one computer station operable by trained educators for inputting their evaluations of a health care practitioner'"'"'s performance of a health care or medical procedure and further operable by the health care practitioner, as well as, the trained educators and other educators, for viewing the inputted evaluations;
(b) further providing at least one computer and at least one computer database accessible by the computer(s) for storing information including the trained educator evaluations, wherein the computer comprises memory means and one or more computer programs stored therein suitable for the management and manipulation of the information that is directed into or out of the computer database and/or stored therein;
(c) arranging for the health care practitioner to perform a health care or medical procedure under a trained educator'"'"'s direct supervision;
(d) evaluating each practitioner'"'"'s performance and upon completion of each health care or medical procedure, entering the trained educator'"'"'s evaluation of the practitioner'"'"'s performance at the computer station and storing the evaluation in the computer database such that the evaluation is accessible by the practitioner;
(e) for each such practitioner, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner'"'"'s performance trends over time; and
optionally, (f) for each group or team of such practitioners, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner group or team'"'"'s performance trends over time.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing performance evaluations, on a timely basis, to students or trainees, is provided. In one contemplated embodiment, the inventive method and system are used in health care training programs to form an information feedback loop whereby clinical and simulated clinical performance evaluations are inputted, or gathered and stored, and then made available to the health care practitioner and to his/her educator(s) throughout the health care training program thereby increasing the effectiveness of the training program by allowing the program to be continuously tailored to address the needs of the health care practitioner.
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1. A computer-based method for providing timely performance evaluations to health care practitioners, which method comprises:
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(a) providing at least one computer station operable by trained educators for inputting their evaluations of a health care practitioner'"'"'s performance of a health care or medical procedure and further operable by the health care practitioner, as well as, the trained educators and other educators, for viewing the inputted evaluations;
(b) further providing at least one computer and at least one computer database accessible by the computer(s) for storing information including the trained educator evaluations, wherein the computer comprises memory means and one or more computer programs stored therein suitable for the management and manipulation of the information that is directed into or out of the computer database and/or stored therein;
(c) arranging for the health care practitioner to perform a health care or medical procedure under a trained educator'"'"'s direct supervision;
(d) evaluating each practitioner'"'"'s performance and upon completion of each health care or medical procedure, entering the trained educator'"'"'s evaluation of the practitioner'"'"'s performance at the computer station and storing the evaluation in the computer database such that the evaluation is accessible by the practitioner;
(e) for each such practitioner, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner'"'"'s performance trends over time; and
optionally,(f) for each group or team of such practitioners, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner group or team'"'"'s performance trends over time. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A computer-based method for providing timely operative skills or operative performance evaluations to surgical residents, which method comprises:
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(a) providing at least one computer station operable by trained surgeons for inputting their evaluations of the operative performance of surgical residents and further operable by surgical residents, as well as, the trained surgeons and other educators, for viewing the inputted evaluations;
(b) further providing at least one computer and at least one computer database accessible by the computer(s) for storing information including the trained surgeon evaluations, wherein the computer comprises memory means and one or more computer programs stored therein suitable for the management and manipulation of the information that is directed into or out of the computer database and/or stored therein;
(c) arranging for surgical residents to perform surgical procedures on patients under a trained surgeon'"'"'s direct supervision;
(d) evaluating each surgical resident'"'"'s operative performance during each such surgical procedure and upon completion of each procedure, entering the trained surgeon'"'"'s evaluation of the resident'"'"'s operative performance at the computer station and storing the evaluation in the computer database such that the evaluation is accessible by the surgical resident;
(e) for each such surgical resident, generating and displaying reports showing the resident'"'"'s performance trends over time; and
optionally,(f) for each group or team of such surgical residents, generating and displaying reports showing the resident group or team'"'"'s performance trends over time. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for providing timely performance evaluations to health care practitioners, which system comprises:
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(a) at least one computer station operable by trained educators for inputting their evaluations of a health care practitioner'"'"'s performance of a health care or medical procedure and further operable by the health care practitioners, as well as, the trained educators and other educators, for viewing the inputted evaluations; and
(b) at least one computer and a computer database accessible by the computer for storing information including trained educator evaluations, wherein the computer comprises memory means and one or more computer programs stored therein suitable for the management and manipulation of the information that is directed into or out of the computer database and/or stored therein. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing timely operative performance evaluations to surgical residents, which system comprises:
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(a) at least one computer station operable by trained surgeons for inputting their evaluations of the operative performance of surgical residents and further operable by surgical residents, as well as, the trained surgeons and other educators, for viewing the inputted evaluations; and
(b) at least one computer and a computer database accessible by the computer for storing information including surgeon evaluations, wherein the computer comprises memory means and one or more computer programs stored therein suitable for the management and manipulation of the information that is directed into or out of the computer database and/or stored therein. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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