Method and system for providing timely performance evaluations to medical students or trainees
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for training 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 health care practitioners to perform health care or medical procedures on patients in the physical presence of a trained educator, under the trained educator'"'"'s direct supervision;
(d) evaluating each practitioner'"'"'s performance in terms of cognitive skills for treating the patient including the extent to which the practitioner was informed about the patient and technical and disease related issues pertaining to the patient and the practitioner'"'"'s clinical skills 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, using stored evaluations to continually customize future training for the practitioner to focus on any weaknesses or problem areas observed during each health care or medical procedure performed by the practitioner;
(f) for each such practitioner, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner'"'"'s performance trends over time; and
optionally,(g) 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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19 Claims
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1. A computer-based method for training 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 health care practitioners to perform health care or medical procedures on patients in the physical presence of a trained educator, under the trained educator'"'"'s direct supervision; (d) evaluating each practitioner'"'"'s performance in terms of cognitive skills for treating the patient including the extent to which the practitioner was informed about the patient and technical and disease related issues pertaining to the patient and the practitioner'"'"'s clinical skills 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, using stored evaluations to continually customize future training for the practitioner to focus on any weaknesses or problem areas observed during each health care or medical procedure performed by the practitioner; (f) for each such practitioner, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner'"'"'s performance trends over time; and
optionally,(g) 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, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-based method for training 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 in the physical presence of a trained surgeon, under the trained surgeon'"'"'s direct supervision; (d) evaluating each surgical resident'"'"'s operative performance in terms of cognitive skills for treating the patient including the extent to which the resident was informed about the patient and technical and disease related issues pertaining to the patient and the resident'"'"'s operative skills 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, using stored evaluations to continually customize future training for the resident to focus on any weaknesses or problem areas identified during each surgical procedure performed by the resident; (f) for each such surgical resident, generating and displaying reports showing the resident'"'"'s performance trends over time; and
optionally,(g) 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 (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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