Medical Education Department Training Assessment System
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[edit] Project Contact
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Michael Marsh, (caseyone@umich.edu).
[edit] Project Description
The Clinical Simulation Center (CSC) Group developed a unique, low-cost, automated, centralized data collection and management system for CSC-related training assessment, evaluation, quality measures and research.
[edit] Business Need
- Collect and manage assessment data in a systematic and reliable way.
- Analyze training assessments, programmatic evaluation, research, and quality outcomes.
[edit] System/Application & Data Sources
To minimize cost, the CSC used all open-source products for the system implementation. Data is stored in a MySQL database residing on a Linux server. The system supports Web-based data entry and retrieval with a framework that employs Java programming language and uses Apache Struts to support interaction with multiple databases and produce customized reports. Struts framework is designed to utilize the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. The separation of the database code, page design code and control flow code eases expansion, continued development, and maintenance of the application. In addition to being accessible via the Web, the data are formatted in a universal file format (csv), which is directly exportable to statistical analysis and spreadsheet applications (SPSS, SAS, Excel, etc.)
[edit] Project Purpose, Scope, & Deliverables
- Provide a central, Web-based, data entry and retrieval system.
- Keep the software and hardware costs under $5,000.
- Implement the system in a phased release to assess the reliability and validity of all data processes.
- Enable automated data retrieval from each individual data-producing simulator and store these data on the server for future analysis and reporting.
- Enable data review and analysis for specific events and parameters being assessed using the simulators.
- Provide the capability of querying training and performance outcomes for any given group of trainees, at any given time, for any given set of skills.
- Facilitate easy triangulation of data collected for a single construct through multiple channels.
- Eliminate redundant data entry to reduce labor and potential for errors.
- Support cross-discipline, longitudinal and meta-analysis research.
- Provide metrics needed for assessment, evaluation and research measures associated with simulation-based medical training, as well as for maintenance of the Center's Level 1 accreditation status with the American College of Surgeons.
- Ensure expandability and usability of the application.
[edit] Duration/Timeline
The CSC group presented the preliminary data associated with the system design at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare in January 2008. That presentation has resulted in queries for use of the system from other multidisciplinary simulation centers at academic medical centers nationally.