Transfusion medicine education for non-transfusion medicine physicians: a structured review.
As transfusion is a commonly identified overused intervention, there is a clear gap between evidence-based and clinical practice. To close this gap, there is not only a need for increased transfusion medicine educational opportunities but for those using structured and proven instructional methods. Kern and colleagues have defined important steps to be considered in curricular design: general needs assessment; targeted needs assessment; goals and objectives; educational strategies; implementation; and evaluation and feedback. We use this framework to examine the current state of transfusion medicine educational initiatives for the non-transfusion medicine physician.
Department of Clinical Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.|Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D064826:Transfusion Medicine / Q000193:education*
curriculum; education; learners; trainees; transfusion medicine