GPS@Acute
Research type
Research Study
Full title
GPS@Acute: Giving Patients a Say for directions of acute care Flashmob
IRAS ID
250452
Contact name
Tim Cooksley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 0 months, 3 days
Research summary
One of the priorities for improving the quality of care is to make care more patient centred. Current acute medical practice focuses strongly on the medical diagnosis and treatment of the medical condition. Many of the conversations in these settings are about the patients and not actually with them. This medical focus often does not address the patient’s needs, values and preferences. It also provides little opportunity for patients and their loved ones to actively participate in designing a treatment plan with outcomes that are most relevant for them. A doctor’s focus is for example often on ‘treating the infection’, while the patient might be more concerned about ‘will I be able to be back at work next week?’
This study which will be performed on multiple acute medical units across Europe will ask patients on a selected day a couple of brief questions to try to ascertain the issues that matter most to them for their acute admission. The concept of studying a focussed topic for one day only across multiple hospitals is known as a "Flashmob" and has been successful used to study a focussed issue.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0616
Date of REC Opinion
20 Sep 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion