Exploring the components of physician volunteer engagement: a qualitative investigation of a national Canadian simulation-based training programme

Sarti, Aimee; Sutherland, Stephanie; Landriault, Angele; DesRosier, Kirk; Brien, Susan; Cardinal, Pierre

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014303

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“…Consequently, the ideal future state includes the development of an online SR citation screening platform broadly available to a wide range of institutions, organization, and countries that share both the costs and benefits of the platform. As the success of such an initiative would necessitate engaging with a large online distributed crowd with a broad range of interest and experiences, future work in this area should seek to understand what motivates individuals to assist with crowdsourcing SR tasks [41]. It is worth noting that the aforementioned SR crowdsourcing studies and initiatives have been able to succeed using motivators such as certain types of payment and volunteer or research experience.…”

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Crowdsourcing the Citation Screening Process for Systematic Reviews: Validation Study

Nama¹,

Sampson²,

Barrowman³

et al. 2019

J Med Internet Res

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Background Systematic reviews (SRs) are often cited as the highest level of evidence available as they involve the identification and synthesis of published studies on a topic. Unfortunately, it is increasingly challenging for small teams to complete SR procedures in a reasonable time period, given the exponential rise in the volume of primary literature. Crowdsourcing has been postulated as a potential solution. Objective The feasibility objective of this study was to determine whether a crowd would be willing to perform and complete abstract and full text screening. The validation objective was to assess the quality of the crowd’s work, including retention of eligible citations (sensitivity) and work performed for the investigative team, defined as the percentage of citations excluded by the crowd. Methods We performed a prospective study evaluating crowdsourcing essential components of an SR, including abstract screening, document retrieval, and full text assessment. Using CrowdScreenSR citation screening software, 2323 articles from 6 SRs were available to an online crowd. Citations excluded by less than or equal to 75% of the crowd were moved forward for full text assessment. For the validation component, performance of the crowd was compared with citation review through the accepted, gold standard, trained expert approach. Results Of 312 potential crowd members, 117 (37.5%) commenced abstract screening and 71 (22.8%) completed the minimum requirement of 50 citation assessments. The majority of participants were undergraduate or medical students (192/312, 61.5%). The crowd screened 16,988 abstracts (median: 8 per citation; interquartile range [IQR] 7-8), and all citations achieved the minimum of 4 assessments after a median of 42 days (IQR 26-67). Crowd members retrieved 83.5% (774/927) of the articles that progressed to the full text phase. A total of 7604 full text assessments were completed (median: 7 per citation; IQR 3-11). Citations from all but 1 review achieved the minimum of 4 assessments after a median of 36 days (IQR 24-70), with 1 review remaining incomplete after 3 months. When complete crowd member agreement at both levels was required for exclusion, sensitivity was 100% (95% CI 97.9-100) and work performed was calculated at 68.3% (95% CI 66.4-70.1). Using the predefined alternative 75% exclusion threshold, sensitivity remained 100% and work performed increased to 72.9% (95% CI 71.0-74.6; P <.001). Finally, when a simple majority threshold was considered, sensitivity decreased marginally to 98.9% (95% CI 96.0-99.7; P =.25) and work performed increased substantially to 80.4% (95% CI 78.7-82.0; P <.001). Conclusions Crowdsourcing of citation screening for SRs is feasible and has reasonable sensitivity and specificity. By expediting the screening process, crowdsourcing could permit the i...

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confidence: 99%

Crowdsourcing the Citation Screening Process for Systematic Reviews: Validation Study

Nama¹,

Sampson²,

Barrowman³

et al. 2019

J Med Internet Res

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“…Paradoxically, the use of a rigorous methodology did not appear to discourage authors who remained committed to the project despite their many other responsibilities. 24 There are several limitations to our work. The maps may include some of the author's idiosyncrasies and do not necessarily reflect an approach that is widely shared among experts.…”

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“…Paradoxically, the use of a rigorous methodology did not appear to discourage authors who remained committed to the project despite their many other responsibilities. 24 …”

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Mapping the Expert Mind: Integration Method for Revising the ACES Medical Simulation Curriculum

Cardinal

Barton

DesRosier

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Purpose: This article shares our experience developing an integrated curriculum for the ACES (Acute Critical Event Simulation) program. The purpose of the ACES program is to ensure that health care providers develop proficiency in the early management of critically ill patients. The program includes multiple different types of educational interventions (mostly simulation-based) and targets both specialty and family physicians practicing in tertiary and community hospitals. Methods: To facilitate integration between different educational interventions, we developed a knowledge repository consisting of cognitive sequence maps that make explicit the flow of cognitive activities carried out by experts facing different situations - the sequence maps then serving as the foundation upon which multimodal simulation scenarios would be built. To encourage participation of experts, we produced this repository as a peer-reviewed ebook. Five national organizations collaborated with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to identify and recruit expert authors and reviewers. Foundational chapters, centered on goals/interventions, were first developed to comprehensively address most tasks conducted in the early management of a critically ill patient. Tasks from the foundational chapters were then used to complete the curriculum with situations. The curriculum development consisted of two-phases each followed by a peer-review process. In the first phase, focus groups using web-conferencing were conducted to map clinical practice approaches and in the second, authors completed the body of the chapter (e.g., introduction, definition, concepts, etc.) then provided a more detailed description of each task linked to supporting evidence. Results: Sixty-seven authors and thirty-five peer reviewers from various backgrounds (physicians, pharmacists, nurses, respiratory therapists) were recruited. On average, there were 32 tasks and 15 situations per chapter. The average number of focus group meetings needed to develop a map (one map per chapter) was 6.7 (SD ± 3.6). We found that the method greatly facilitated integration between different chapters especially for situations which are not limited to a single goal or intervention. For example, almost half of the tasks of the Hypercapnic Ventilatory Failure chapter map were borrowed from other maps with some modifications, which significantly reduced the authors’ workload and enhanced content integration. This chapter was also linked to 6 other chapters. Conclusions: To facilitate curriculum integration, we have developed a knowledge repository consisting of cognitive maps which organize time-sensitive tasks in the proper sequence; the repository serving as the foundation upon which other educational interventions are then built. While this methodology is demanding, authors welcomed the challenge given the scholarly value of their work, thus creating an interprofessional network of educators across Canada.

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“…Some organizational components as, for example, interpersonal relationships, including team relationships, constitute a positive point for the volunteer's engagement with the program. This is because there is a feeling that each individual has the ability to interfere with the other's involvement, creating ties between the participants and favoring the establishment of networks, and may encourage the permanence for a longer period (Sarti et al, 2017). The construction of these social networks is positive because it causes the feeling of inclusion, which generates a sense of belonging and makes them feel identified as peers and recognized for their contributions, thus causing greater satisfaction (Bidee et al, 2017).…”

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Factors that influence the retention of social volunteers in health: a comparison between the literature and the perception of volunteers

Braz¹,

Lima²

2020

BJO&PM

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Goal: The main objective is to identify the factors that influence the retention of social volunteers in the health area, supported by a comparison between a systematic literature review and the perception of a focus group of volunteers. Design / Methodology / Approach: Word maps have been developed to compare data obtained from the literature review and the perceptions acquired in a focus group. Results: the main findings of the research indicate that the factors that influence the retention of social volunteers in the health area need a more comprehensive and systematic investigation, avoiding that any subject or dimension of analysis is not addressed when trying to evaluate the reasons that influence the permanence in volunteer programs. It was also possible to detect some subjective contexts that may influence the volunteers' behavior and decisions. Limitations of the investigation: The main limitation of the study is the difficulty in generalizing the findings, considering the use of the focus group, which, because it represents a small number of individuals, may not reproduce common sense. Practical implications: This study seeks to collaborate with future research using a methodology that allows us to evaluate whether what has been questioned in research instruments is close to the reality presented by the context. Originality/Value: The novelty concerns in the use of world maps to compare the perceptions of the literature findings with the results of a focus group analysis. This paper seeks to contribute to a new look on the qualitative treatment approach of data obtained in research in this area.

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Exploring the components of physician volunteer engagement: a qualitative investigation of a national Canadian simulation-based training programme

Cited by 10 publications

References 38 publications

Crowdsourcing the Citation Screening Process for Systematic Reviews: Validation Study

Crowdsourcing the Citation Screening Process for Systematic Reviews: Validation Study

Mapping the Expert Mind: Integration Method for Revising the ACES Medical Simulation Curriculum

Factors that influence the retention of social volunteers in health: a comparison between the literature and the perception of volunteers

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