MetaVision facilitates anaesthesiology resident case logging at Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center

Gil Ben-Horin
Published: Jan 16, 2015

Anaesthesiology residents are required to present a case log of all anaesthesias delivered and procedures performed in order to complete their training. In Israel, in contrast to the USA, UK and Canada, there is no central database for logging residents’ activities, and residents are expected to independently log the details of their cases and submit the log for board certification. Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center in Israel performed a study to evaluate the use and usability of a newly introduced system embedded in MetaVision that generates Quick Response (QR) codes for case logging. The QR code for each case contains all the relevant data for the syllabus based anaesthesia case log and could be scanned with a smartphone or tablet using a barcode scanner app. The data was then pasted into a spreadsheet file using a spreadsheet app, and the file could be saved locally and/or to the Cloud for backup. As part of the study, residents voluntarily answered anonymous questionnaires three times: before the QR code logging system was introduced, in order to assess their pre-existing case logging practices; three months post introduction, to assess QR code use and satisfaction; and again for usability and satisfaction after six months. The study found the system was being used by most of the residents three and six months after it was introduced. Usability was rated as very good or good, and high satisfaction was reported due to the system enabling residents to control their case logs and to do the logging immediately after finishing a case. The overall rate of case logging increased from 46.2% of residents before the introduction of the QR code system to 96% after six months. MetaVision enabled creation of the QR codes using VBScript coding.

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