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Table 1 Casebook characteristics

From: Development, characteristics and impact of quality improvement casebooks: a scoping review

Study

Content

Format

Delivery

Participants

Personnel

Bonder [25]

2020

Provvidenza [26] 2019

The casebook addressed five topics:

1. Who should participate in weight-related discussions?

2. When and how should the topic be raised?

3. What should healthcare professionals say?

4. How can healthcare professionals enhance family engagement?

5. What techniques have been recommended?

Each of the five sections included checklists, evidence summaries, case studies, sentence starters, simulations, practice tips, illuminating anecdotes

Print/electronic document shared via 2-hour in-person or virtual educational workshop including didactic, interactive, simulation and reflective learning based on casebook content

Evaluation:

7 physicians, 1 nurse practitioner and 1 behavioural therapist

Development:

Interviews or focus groups with 18 children aged 7 to 18 years and 21 parents; 2 workshops with 22 youth, family members, clinicians and researchers; final review by 14 workshop participants and content experts

The research team included a dietitian, endocrinologist, child neurologist, nurse, weight communication expert, knowledge translation expert and a family member

Tomasone [27] 2017

Brouwers [28] 2016

Strategies to improve coordination of cancer care between primary care providers and oncology specialists for the diagnosis, treatment or follow-up/survivorship care of persons with breast or colorectal cancer

Cases included a brief outline of the project, stage of care, type of strategy, enablers and barriers, and evaluation of use or impact

Print/electronic document

Evaluation:

None

Development:

Interviews with 24 project leads to collect information

Researchers

Brouwers [29] 2011

Quality improvement projects to improve problems related to the diagnosis or treatment of breast, gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancer at any stage

Cases included a brief outline of the project, stage of care, problem, type of strategy, enablers and barriers, tips and tools, and evaluation of use or impact

Print/electronic document

Evaluation:

None

Development:

Leads of 19 projects reviewed their profile developed by the researchers

Researchers