Correction:Peer chart audits: A tool to meet Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency in practice-based learning and improvement

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Carlos A. Estrada (Creator)

Suzanne M. Kraemer (Creator)

Sangnya Patel (Creator)

Lisa J. Staton (Creator)

Gregg M. Talente (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: Background: The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) supports chart audit as a method to track competency in Practice-Based Learning and Improvement. We xamined whether peer chart audits performed by internal medicine residents were associated with improved documentation of foot care in patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods: A retrospective electronic chart review was performed on 347 patients with diabetes mellitus cared for by internal medicine residents in a university-based continuity clinic from May 2003 to September 2004. Residents abstracted information pertaining to documentation of foot examinations (neurological vascular and skin) from the charts of patients followed by their physician peers. No formal feedback or education was provided. Results: Significant improvement in the documentation of foot exams was observed over the course of the study. The percentage of patients receiving neurological vascular and skin exams ncreased by 20% (from 13% to 33%) (p = 0.001) 26% (from 45% to 71%) (p < 0.001) and 18% (51%–72%) (p = 0.005) respectively. Similarly the proportion of patients receiving a welldocumented xam which includes all three components – neurological vascular and skin foot exam – increased over time (6% to 24% p < 0.001). onclusion: Peer chart audits performed by residents in the absence of formal feedback were associated with improved documentation of the foot exam in patients with diabetes mellitus. Although this study suggests that peer chart audits may be an effective tool to improve practicebased learning and documentation of foot care in diabetic patients evaluating the actual performance of clinical care was beyond the scope of this study and would be better addressed by a randomized controlled trial. Originally published Implementation Science Vol. 2 No. 24 July 2007

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Implementation Science. 2:24(July 2007) p. 1-5.

Language: English

Date: 2011

Keywords

peer chart audits, Practice-Based Learning, ACGME

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