Journal article
Checklist as a Memory Externalization Tool during a Critical Care Process
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings, v 2016, pp 1080-1089
2016
PMID: 28269905
Abstract
We analyzed user interactions with a paper-based checklist in a regional trauma center to inform the design of digital cognitive aids for safety-critical medical teamwork. An initial review of paper checklists from actual trauma resuscitations revealed that trauma team leaders frequently wrote notes on the checklist. To understand this notetaking practice, we performed content analysis of 163 checklists collected over the period of four months. We found nine major categories of information that leaders recorded during resuscitations, including patient values, physical assessment findings, and pre-hospital information. An analysis of types and amount of notes written by leaders of different experience levels showed that more experienced leaders recorded more patient values and physical findings, while less experienced leaders recorded more notes about their activities and task completion status. These findings suggested that a checklist designed for a high-risk, fast-paced medical event has evolved into a dual function tool, serving both as a compliance and memory aid. Based on these findings, we derived requirements for designing digital cognitive aids to support safety-critical medical teamwork.
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- Title
- Checklist as a Memory Externalization Tool during a Critical Care Process
- Creators
- Aleksandra Sarcevic - College of Computing & Informatics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PAZhan Zhang - College of Computing & Informatics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PAIvan Marsic - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJRandall S Burd - Emergency Trauma & Burn Services, Children's National, Washington, DC
- Publication Details
- AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings, v 2016, pp 1080-1089
- Publisher
- United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85023205996
- Other Identifier
- 991014878444404721