Revista Científica de la Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias
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April
2012
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Health care quality and medical competencies in the practice of emergency medicine: on-scene job performance evaluation
Casado Flórez I, Corral Torres E, GarcÃa Ochoa MJ, De ElÃas Fernändez R
SAMUR-Protección Civil, Madrid, Spain.
Objective: To demonstrate a job performance evaluation system for an out-of-hospital
emergency service. The specific aim was to study the association between length of
experience and the demonstration of medical competencies by means of job
performance evaluations of newly hired physicians.
Methods: Prospective observational cohort study based on direct observation of the care
process in the Madrid Emergency and Rescue Service (SAMUR). Four subgroups were
identified according to years of experience in this out-of-hospital emergency service: up
to 1 year, up to 3 years, up to 5 years, and ��5 years. The job performances of physicians
in the different groups were compared to that of the most experienced physicians.
Results: A total of 6450 care process observations were carried out between 2006 and
2010. Twenty-two had worked for up to 1 year, 21 for up to 3 years, 16 for up to 5 years,
and 16 for ��5 years. There were no significant differences between the groups in age,
sex, or mean number of performance observations. Considerably more newly hired
physicians had specialist training. Only 11.5% of the most experienced physicians had
such training, whereas 68.2% of those with up to 1 year?s experience and 61.9% of those
with up to 3 years? experience had training (P<.05). In the job performance comparisons
by years of out-of-hospital emergency practice experience, significant differences were
found between the evaluations of the most experienced (��5 years) and those with only
up to 1 year on the job (P<.001) and also between the most experienced and those who
had been on the job between 2 and 3 years (P=.049). The largest number of satisfactory
ratings came in the group of physicians with 3 to 4 years of experience.
Conclusions: On-scene job performance evaluations revealed that only physicians with
between 4 and 5 years of experience were able to provide emergency care comparable
to that given by physicians with more ��5 years of experience.
emergency service. The specific aim was to study the association between length of
experience and the demonstration of medical competencies by means of job
performance evaluations of newly hired physicians.
Methods: Prospective observational cohort study based on direct observation of the care
process in the Madrid Emergency and Rescue Service (SAMUR). Four subgroups were
identified according to years of experience in this out-of-hospital emergency service: up
to 1 year, up to 3 years, up to 5 years, and ��5 years. The job performances of physicians
in the different groups were compared to that of the most experienced physicians.
Results: A total of 6450 care process observations were carried out between 2006 and
2010. Twenty-two had worked for up to 1 year, 21 for up to 3 years, 16 for up to 5 years,
and 16 for ��5 years. There were no significant differences between the groups in age,
sex, or mean number of performance observations. Considerably more newly hired
physicians had specialist training. Only 11.5% of the most experienced physicians had
such training, whereas 68.2% of those with up to 1 year?s experience and 61.9% of those
with up to 3 years? experience had training (P<.05). In the job performance comparisons
by years of out-of-hospital emergency practice experience, significant differences were
found between the evaluations of the most experienced (��5 years) and those with only
up to 1 year on the job (P<.001) and also between the most experienced and those who
had been on the job between 2 and 3 years (P=.049). The largest number of satisfactory
ratings came in the group of physicians with 3 to 4 years of experience.
Conclusions: On-scene job performance evaluations revealed that only physicians with
between 4 and 5 years of experience were able to provide emergency care comparable
to that given by physicians with more ��5 years of experience.
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