Learning From Excellence in a Hospital Unit

NCT05794490 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022_3 and 2024_37
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is based on the implementation of the method named "Learning-from-excellence", see methodology www.learningfromexcellence.com. The project is a longitudinal cohort study based on data from both qualitative and quantitative data, presented in two different research articles, one qualitative and one quantitative, using :

• an electronic hosptal staff survey on "work-engagement, team collaboration, patient safety climate, and working conditions" before and after implementing Learning from Excellence.
• focus group interviews to explore experiences with the method of Learning from excellence from the view of healthcare professionals.

Conditions

Health Personnel; Resilience; Patient Safety; Learning; Quality Improvement

Keywords

resilience; learning from excellence; healthcare quality improvement; safety culture; patient safety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Qualitative: Focus group interviews

  Health care professionals´ experiences of learning from excellence in a hospital unit

  6 months after implementation of Learning from Excellence, i.e., May 2023

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Quantitative: Survey from the nurses unit

  From March 2021 to March 2024

Interventions

Learning from excellence BEHAVIORAL

Health care professionals´ experiences of learning from excellence in a hospital unit

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 72 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The quantitative part of this longitudinal cohort study will collect data from all nurses working on the premises who have answered questions on the annual Norwegian hospital survey from March 2016 to March 2023. The qualitative part will include the aforementioned nurses, additionally, anaesthesiologists who have participated in the Learning from Excellence method.

You may qualify if:

• Nurses who had been working for at least six months on the premises
• Physicians who had either received or captured and reported peer excellence
• All nurses working on the premises who have answered questions in the annual hospital survey, between March 2021 and March 2024. Answers are collected on unit-level, not individual level.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Akershus: lead

Study Sites (1)

Akershus University Hospital

Lørenskog, Akershus, 1478, Norway

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Birkeli G, Deilkas ECT, Ballangrud R, Lindahl AK. Implementing Learning from Excellence in a postanaesthesia care unit: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals' experiences after six months. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr 2;25(1):493. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12626-8.

  PMID: 40176056 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Anne Karin Lindahl, PhD

  University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 4, 2023
• First Posted: April 3, 2023
• Study Start: November 14, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 26, 2024
• Study Completion: March 26, 2024
• Last Updated: May 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (1)