
S86– Web‐based adjuncts to guideline dissemination
Author(s) -
Craig Wendy L.,
Green Rachel,
ElGhorr Ali,
James Roberta,
Brown Keith,
Twaddle Sara
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.04.208
Subject(s) - guideline , world wide web , computer science , business , medicine , pathology
1. Identify how to integrate evidence-based guidelines into video-supported online tools. 2. Identify how to use video material to engage guideline users. METHODS: The “Spotting the Sick Child” website uses hundreds of video clips of children to demonstrate evidencebased features of disease, injury, and risk factors for deterioration. It has been distributed to health-care professionals who come into contact with acutely unwell children. As well as sections on assessment, communication, and symptom-based disease recognition, participants are invited to observe a child on presentation to an Emergency Department to their eventual discharge or admission. The National institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on the feverish child, vomiting and diarrhea, and urinary tract infection are embedded in the site. RESULTS: The site receives approximately 9000 hits a month, with health-care professionals from nearly 40 countries accessing the product. The site engages health-care professionals with an average time of 53 minutes spent on the main section. Data collection is ongoing, but initial feedback from product testing shows participants enjoy the interactive aspect of the patient journey and case study. DISCUSSION (CONCLUSION): Evidence-based guidelines disseminated using websites must be accessible and user friendly in order for health-care professionals to make time to use them. Simulating the patient journey and presenting signs and symptoms as visual material appears to engage the user. We hope to promote discussion on how best to measure the learner outcomes with this type of educational platform. TARGET AUDIENCE(S): 1. Clinical researcher 2. Developer of guideline-based products 3. Medical educator 4. Medical providers and executives 5. Allied health professionals 6. Nurses