Education to improve vancomycin use: the perspectives of educators and education recipients.

Background: Vancomycin is the primary treatment for methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Hospital audits have showed that dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring practices for vancomycin are suboptimal. Limited studies have examined the current educational resources used to support...

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Publicado en:Internal Medicine Journal Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 565 - 573
Autores principales: Van Dort, Bethany A., Baysari, Melissa T., Carland, Jane E., Stocker, Sophie L., Braithwaite, Hannah E., Fernon, Anna R., Day, Richard O.
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell May2020
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          Van Dort, Bethany A.
          Baysari, Melissa T.
          Carland, Jane E.
          Stocker, Sophie L.
          Braithwaite, Hannah E.
          Fernon, Anna R.
          Day, Richard O.
        affil: The University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sydney New South Wales,, Australia
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          Vancomycin Therapeutic Use
          Drug Therapy Education
          Health Educators
          Attitude of Health Personnel
          Teaching Methods
          Physicians Education
          Nursing Staff, Hospital Education
          Physician Attitudes
          Nurse Attitudes
          Quality Improvement
          Human
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Australia
          Thematic Analysis
          Online Education
          Problem-Based Learning
          Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
          Staphylococcal Infections Drug Therapy
      ab: Background: Vancomycin is the primary treatment for methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Hospital audits have showed that dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring practices for vancomycin are suboptimal. Limited studies have examined the current educational resources used to support vancomycin use. Aims: To explore and compare the perceptions of health educators and recipients of education on the methods currently used to educate health professionals about vancomycin and to identify ideal methods of education. Methods: Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with health educators around Australia and with recipients of education (doctors and nurses). Interview questions explored previous experiences of education and perceptions of ideal methods of education. Interviews were audio‐taped, transcribed and thematically analysed. Results: Health educators explained that current vancomycin education comprises large‐scale presentations, but they perceived these to be ineffective. The recipients of vancomycin education reported a lack of formal education on vancomycin. Despite this, both educators and recipients agreed on the ideal methods of education: nurses are reported to be protocol driven, and education for nurses should be through in‐services or e‐learning modules, while doctors require an evidenced‐based approach. Senior doctors initially require convincing that education is needed. Once convinced, they respond well to brief emails and case‐based and one‐on‐one education strategies. Technology‐based strategies and problem‐based learning were observed to be effective methods for junior doctors. Conclusions: Vancomycin dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring involves multiple health professionals, but current education strategies do not take this into account. Ideal education strategies need to be multimodal and targeted to specific health profession groups.
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