Integrating Health Literacy And Ethnogeriatric Training For Anesthesia Providers To Improve Perioperative Care Of The Geriatric Patient

<p>The healthcare system requires consumers to be active participants in their care by making decisions in conjunction with their provider; managing complex medication regimens and scheduling appropriate medical visits in a timely fashion. Health literacy for racial and ethnic minority elders, is an often ignored national problem that must be addressed through research-driven initiatives that are tied to metrics that measure improvement across providers, health plans, and healthcare organizations. To address this problem, the authors implemented an adaptation of two evidenced-based educational interventions into a practice improvement project. The intervention format included a self-guided training on health literacy and ethnogeriatrics for anesthesia providers in clinical practice that was initially reviewed and evaluated by an expert panel. A pilot training was conducted with a convenience sample of 26 anesthesia providers who care for geriatric patients from ethnic and racial minority backgrounds. The educational intervention resulted in an increase in knowledge-based test scores, and an increase in a health literacy oriented attitude. However, anesthesia providers were less likely to use the teach-back or show-me method with low literate patients. Recommendations for future work include revisions to the education intervention and testing with a larger sample, providing an in-person training course, and disbursing the training to other clinicians.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Yale University School of Nursing

Year

2018

Author dc:creator

• Spence, Autumn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lois Sadler

• anesthesia
• ethnogeriatrics
• health literacy
• training

Repository record dc:identifier

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1077

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:elischolar.library.yale.edu:ysndt-1076