Patent ID: 7878811
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G09B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method for training health care practitioners, which method comprises: (a) providing at least one computer station operable by trained educators for inputting their evaluations of a health care practitioner's performance of a health care or medical procedure and further operable by the health care practitioner, as well as, the trained educators and other educators, for viewing the inputted evaluations; (b) further providing at least one computer and at least one computer database accessible by the computer(s) for storing information including the trained educator evaluations, wherein the computer comprises memory means and one or more computer programs stored therein suitable for the management and manipulation of the information that is directed into or out of the computer database and/or stored therein; (c) arranging for health care practitioners to perform health care or medical procedures on patients in the physical presence of a trained educator, under the trained educator's direct supervision; (d) evaluating each practitioner's performance in terms of cognitive skills for treating the patient including the extent to which the practitioner was informed about the patient and technical and disease related issues pertaining to the patient and the practitioner's clinical skills and upon completion of each health care or medical procedure, entering the trained educator's evaluation of the practitioner's performance at the computer station and storing the evaluation in the computer database such that the evaluation is accessible by the practitioner; (e) for each such practitioner, using stored evaluations to continually customize future training for the practitioner to focus on any weaknesses or problem areas observed during each health care or medical procedure performed by the practitioner; (f) for each such practitioner, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner's performance trends over time; and optionally, (g) for each group or team of such practitioners, generating and displaying reports showing the practitioner group or team's performance trends over time.