Preliminary Study on the Application of Entrustable Professional Activities to the Two-Year Post Graduate Training Program for Respiratory Therapists

Abstract

Background:

The two-years in-service training program for the new graduated respiratory therapist (Post Graduate Year, PGY) is implemented by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) od Taiwan in July 2007, the purpose of the program that use the teaching and learning as a strategy to improve the clinical quality care. After ten years’ implementation, MOHW want to strengthen the education program is measureable, Therefore, it is hoped that the EPAs will be integrated into the PGY trainee training courses in various medical professions. Base on the background, we start to apply EPAs to the respiratory therapist category, but the first things to choice the urgent and useful items from previous 57 courses.

Methods:

This study was based on the current 57 PGY course which was divided to basic, advanced and critical care stages, we divided into four groups by 26 colleagues (5 tutor group, 7 senior teachers group, 7 just finished PGY training and 7 in the PGY student). They choice the urgent and useful items from 57 courses according to their experience. The response rate was 100%.

Results:

According to the results, the 26 colleagues were divided into four groups, and the top ten of each group were selected according to the results. Then they were mixed and analyzed by the pivot table to give priority to the training courses. The four groups agreed to give priority to the five training courses, which are the oxygen therapy at the basic stage and the respiratory care and treatment of COPD and ARDS patients in the critical stage. In addition, the training of the two main ventilator labels in our hospital (Vela and Evita4), and reply to teaching. (table1) Conclusions: The main purpose of two-year in-service training program for the PGY staff that can become familiar with the hospital characteristics and integrate into clinical work as soon as possible, so as to improve the quality of respiratory care and patient safety. This study shows that projects that should be prioritized as training courses should disclose basic treatments (oxygen therapy), common disease subjects (COPD and ARDS), and the main machines in the hospital. After the survey is integrated, the next stage of the project that should be included in the trusted professional activities can be laid out and the assessments at each stage be made. Disclosures: This study was supported by the China Medical University Hospital (CMUH-EDU10701). The authors disclose no conflict of interest.