THE HYPERTENSION CANADA PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: A NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES
Objective: The uptake of clinical practice guidelines into practice is poor for many chronic conditions, including hypertension. What is missing is an implementation strategy for incorporating guidelines into primary care practice. Herein, we describe the development of the Hypertension Canada Profe...
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crovidcr:10.1097/01.hjh.0000748540.37393.1a 2024-06-23T07:55:43+00:00 THE HYPERTENSION CANADA PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: A NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES Watson, Kaitlyn Tsuyuki, Ross Beahm, Nathan Sedore, Rebecca Bell, Alan 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000748540.37393.1a https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/01.hjh.0000748540.37393.1a en eng Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) Journal of Hypertension volume 39, issue Supplement 1, page e347 ISSN 0263-6352 1473-5598 journal-article 2021 crovidcr https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000748540.37393.1a 2024-06-04T06:02:05Z Objective: The uptake of clinical practice guidelines into practice is poor for many chronic conditions, including hypertension. What is missing is an implementation strategy for incorporating guidelines into primary care practice. Herein, we describe the development of the Hypertension Canada Professional Certification Program (HC-PCP), a novel approach to guidelines implementation. Design and method: First, we identified 15 competencies believed to be important for primary care professionals to master when providing hypertension care. These competencies were surveyed for consensus by front-line clinicians through the Hypertension Canada e-newsletter. Clinicians were asked to rank the importance (on a Likert scale from 1 = not important to 5 = very important) of each competency for a primary care provider when undertaking a certification in hypertension management. Results: A total of 121 clinicians responded to the survey. Of these, 38% were pharmacists, 31.4% were registered nurses, 10.7% were physicians, and 7% were nurse practitioners. There was at least one respondent from each Canadian province and territory, except for the Northwest Territories. All 15 competencies received a mean rank of at least 4. The competencies with the lowest rank was “Demonstrates a sound knowledge of the epidemiology of hypertension” (mean 4.07 (SD 0.85)) and the highest was “Ability to screen and identify hypertension” (mean 4.83 (SD 0.04)). We then used these competencies to develop an online certification program, the HC-PCP. Some features include regular quizzes, submission of a video outlining the learner's blood pressure measurement technique, and submission of 3 patient cases for expert review. The program was launched recently: www.hypertension.ca/professional-certification-program/. Conclusions: We have developed a novel online hypertension certification program based upon the Hypertension Canada guidelines. The HC-PCP has been launched to pharmacists first, and is also being tested in a stepped wedge randomized trial ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Territories Ovid Canada Northwest Territories Journal of Hypertension 39 Supplement 1 e347 |
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Objective: The uptake of clinical practice guidelines into practice is poor for many chronic conditions, including hypertension. What is missing is an implementation strategy for incorporating guidelines into primary care practice. Herein, we describe the development of the Hypertension Canada Professional Certification Program (HC-PCP), a novel approach to guidelines implementation. Design and method: First, we identified 15 competencies believed to be important for primary care professionals to master when providing hypertension care. These competencies were surveyed for consensus by front-line clinicians through the Hypertension Canada e-newsletter. Clinicians were asked to rank the importance (on a Likert scale from 1 = not important to 5 = very important) of each competency for a primary care provider when undertaking a certification in hypertension management. Results: A total of 121 clinicians responded to the survey. Of these, 38% were pharmacists, 31.4% were registered nurses, 10.7% were physicians, and 7% were nurse practitioners. There was at least one respondent from each Canadian province and territory, except for the Northwest Territories. All 15 competencies received a mean rank of at least 4. The competencies with the lowest rank was “Demonstrates a sound knowledge of the epidemiology of hypertension” (mean 4.07 (SD 0.85)) and the highest was “Ability to screen and identify hypertension” (mean 4.83 (SD 0.04)). We then used these competencies to develop an online certification program, the HC-PCP. Some features include regular quizzes, submission of a video outlining the learner's blood pressure measurement technique, and submission of 3 patient cases for expert review. The program was launched recently: www.hypertension.ca/professional-certification-program/. Conclusions: We have developed a novel online hypertension certification program based upon the Hypertension Canada guidelines. The HC-PCP has been launched to pharmacists first, and is also being tested in a stepped wedge randomized trial ... |
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Watson, Kaitlyn Tsuyuki, Ross Beahm, Nathan Sedore, Rebecca Bell, Alan THE HYPERTENSION CANADA PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: A NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES |
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THE HYPERTENSION CANADA PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: A NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES |
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THE HYPERTENSION CANADA PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: A NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES |
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THE HYPERTENSION CANADA PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: A NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES |
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hypertension canada professional certification program: a novel implementation strategy for hypertension guidelines |
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