INSPIRE Workshop 2014 Slides

Identifying and Overcoming Challenges to High-Quality Simulation-based Research:

Improving Rigor and Impact

Todd P Chang MDMarc Auerbach MD MScElizabeth Hunt MD MPH PhDDavid Kessler MD MScAdam Cheng MD

International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education

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Disclosures


INSPIRE Network


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• Evaluate characteristics of a simulation-based research question or protocol conducive to quality research & output

• Identify 6 specific challenges in simulation-based research that threaten rigor and quality of research output

• Demonstrate differences in problems faced by single-center vs. multi-center research

Objectives


Format


90 minutes

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90 minutes

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90 minutes

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90 minutes

5

15

10

30

25

5


90 minutes

5

15

10

30

25

5

2 – 4 weeks


13:05 Small Group I 13:19


13:20 Overview 13:29


1. Scenario development2. Outcome measurements3. Sharing and rating videos4. IT- and Mobile / Web solutions5. Standardizing research protocols6. Logistics, budgeting, staffing

6 Potential Challenges


• Simulator capabilities

• Facility capabilities

• Institutional equipment

• Protocols, medicolegal elements

1. Scenario Development


1. Scenario Development


• Standardization


• Data capture

• Instrument validity

2. Outcome Measurements


2. Outcome Measurements


• Accessibility / Protection

• Videography quality

• Interobserver agreement

3. Sharing & rating videos


3. Sharing video & reviews


• Accessibility / Protection

• Platforms, Operating systems

• Institutional firewalls, blocked programs

• Firesharing

4. IT & Mobile Web


4. IT & Mobile Web



• Facility and personnel capabilities

• Clinical standard of care

• Buy-in

5. Standardizing protocols


5. Standardizing protocols


• Research coordinators

• Institutional Review Boards

• Academic credit, Legitimacy of authorship

• Communication, troubleshooting

6. Logistics


1. Greater ‘n’

2. Reliability, Validity, Generalizability

3. Greater Expert pool

4. Greater Resources

Does multicenter solve everything?



Brophy RH et al. Multi-investigator collaboration in orthopaedic surgery research compared to other medical fields. J Ortho Res 2012;30(10):1523-8.

13:30 Small Group II 13:59


14:00 Report Out 14:24


14:25 Denouement 14:30


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