James M Walter, Melanie M Smith, Noah Einstein, Elaine R Cohen, Gordon J Wood, Julia H Vermylen
Development of a Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curriculum for Late Goals of Care Discussions
Journal of pain and symptom management
high quality laboratory results critical patient management however poor sample quality impact results patient safety ensure reliable accurate results laboratories must aware analytes stability various storage conditions matrices guarantee correct dependable outcomes knowledge allows laboratories define allowable delay sample collection centrifugationanalysis analytes guarantee appropriate results quality interpretation eflm wgpre therefore established 4step plan tackle issue aiming standardize harmonize stability studies improved comparison metaanalysis plan included development checklists howto guides performing reporting stability studies well central resource stability data manuscript deals issue evaluating publications incorporating central resource evaluate stability studies cress checklist used structure 20 sections used judge quality studies section 4 levels quality scores converted numerical values weighted based expert opinion based final score ranging determined procedure tested six manuscripts checked agreement expert judgements results demonstrated proposed evaluation process useful tool distinguish best class manuscripts lower quality eflm wgpre strongly believes provided recommendations checklists help improving stability studies quality standardisation