Defining and evaluating quality for ambulatory care educational programs.
Acad Med
; 72(6): 506-10, 1997 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-9200582
ABSTRACT
As the training of medical students and residents increasingly moves to ambulatory care settings, clerkship and program directors must find a way to use their limited resources to guide the development and evaluation of the quality of these ambulatory-based learning experiences. To evaluate quality, directors must first define, in operational and measurable terms, what is meant by the term "quality" as it is applied to ambulatory-based education. Using educational theories and the definition of quality used by health care systems, the authors propose an operational definition of quality for guiding the planning, implementation, and evaluation of ambulatory care educational programs. They assert that quality is achieved through the interaction of an optimal learning environment, defined educational goals and positive outcomes, participant satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness. By describing the components of quality along with examples of measurable indicators, the authors provide a foundation for the evaluation and improvement of instructional innovations in ambulatory care education for the benefit of teachers, learners, and patients.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud
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Educación Médica
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Atención Ambulatoria
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acad Med
Asunto de la revista:
EDUCACAO
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos