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Appendix C: Abstracts
Pages 87-102

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From page 87...
... Benton Reframing the Model: An Exemplar of 98 High-Value CPD C.7 Kate Regnier Exploring a Business Case for High- 99 Value Continuing Professional Development: An Accreditor's Perspective on Leveraging the Power of Learning 87
From page 88...
... Benefits Costs Decreased in-hospital mortality Developing and testing training materials Decreased length of stay Maintaining training materials Decreased ICU days Staff time in training Increased discharge disposition to home Analytic time to produce reports*
From page 89...
... has developed a clinical residency program for physical therapists to meet the mission of improving clinical excellence through postprofessional education. A physical therapy residency is an optional postprofessional program designed to substantially advance the individual's expertise in examination evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, and management of patients within a specialty.
From page 90...
... In exchange, the residency program provides 64 hours of didactic content that includes live patient sessions and the opportunity to treat patients with residency faculty. In addition to the intensive weekends, the residents meet with faculty weekly for a 2-hour session within a virtual classroom.
From page 91...
... Revenue from the residency program is targeted for use for strategic planning, including use as seed money for additional residency programs and other academic entrepreneurial endeavors. The partnership with residency clinical sites has thus far yielded one pilot therapy project by HealthSouth, which is currently being leveraged into an application for a large, multisite pragmatic clinical trial.
From page 92...
... at the VCU Medical Center is a 28-bed intensive care unit caring for critically ill adults who often require specialized therapies, such as mechanical ventilation, continuous renal replacement therapy, titratable continuous infusions of sedating agents and vasoactive medications, and intensive monitoring of vital signs and hemodynamics. The patients are cared for by two multiprofessional teams (red and blue)
From page 93...
... The aim statement for the project stated that by October 2016 the team would achieve daily interprofessional communication and coordination of care relevant to patient sedation level, liberation potential, and mobility plan for all MRICU blue team Critical Care Hospital-4th Floor (CCH 4) intubated or trached patients as evidenced by increased compliance with SAT/SBT, adherence to Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale (RASS)
From page 94...
... . There was a 1.14 day reduction in average ICU length of stay for MRICU blue team patients compared to MRICU red team patients.
From page 95...
... . In summary, the LQSP is a high-value continuing development project that provided the VCU Health MRICU team with the tools needed for a successful quality improvement initiative.
From page 96...
... Business Case Objectives To compare the value of ART care and treatment in Region A with and without NIMART to inform decision making by the ministry of health, considering monetary and other costs and desired outcomes, which include an increase in the number of individuals enrolled in ART, their viral suppression, and improved health status.
From page 97...
... C.5 AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER ACCREDITATION INNOVATION PILOT: AWARDING OUTCOME-BASED CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) CREDIT Kathy Chappell, Ph.D., R.N., FNAP, FAAN Accreditation and Institute for Credentialing Research Background The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
From page 98...
... Credit may also be accepted by individual boards of nursing and health care organizations that require documentation of continuing professional development activities, though nurses are encouraged to contact their respective boards and organizations to confirm. C.6 REFRAMING THE MODEL: AN EXEMPLAR OF HIGH-VALUE CPD David C
From page 99...
... C.7 EXPLORING A BUSINESS CASE FOR HIGH-VALUE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN ACCREDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE ON LEVERAGING THE POWER OF LEARNING Kate Regnier, M.A., M.B.A. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
From page 100...
... Demonstrates educational leadership 5. Achieves outcomes ACCME believes there is a strong business case for accredited CME and CPD, as described in the article "The Leadership Case for Investing in Continuing Professional Development," by Graham McMahon, M.D., M.M.Sc., published in Academic Medicine.
From page 101...
... 2013. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit.


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