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Exploring MEs and Doctors’ and Nurses’ perceptions of them in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Participant information sheet for Consultants

We would like to invite you to take part in our research study. Before you decide, we would like to explain what the study is about, and what joining the study will involve. The researcher, Jo Johnston, will go through the information sheet with you and answer any questions you have.

What is the purpose of the study?

The aim of the study is to gain a more accurate understanding of ME

occurrence in this PICU and to explore the PIC team’s perceptions of MEs and how they perceive that they learn from them. This study is the researcher’s MSc project. It also forms part of future research plans around MEs looking at (1) tools to improve learning from errors and (2) methods into improving PICU team shared learning from errors.

Why have you been chosen to participate?

You are a Consultant currently working on PICU who encounters and has experience in dealing with MEs on this unit.

What will happen if I take part?

Three focus groups will be undertaken, with around 6 staff per group. One focus group each, for nursing staff (Band 5 & 6), medical staff, and managers to generate discussion about MEs in general on PICU. They are not intended to discuss individual events that people have been involved with. They will be conducted in a quiet and private room in the education centre on a date and time convenient to the participants. Each focus group will last approximately 1 hour. With your consent the focus groups will be audio recorded, this audio recording will then be transcribed and ALL identifying details (any names etc.) removed. The audio tapes will then be destroyed. Should you not wish to be audio recorded, you will be unable to participate as part of the focus group. Do you have to take part or can you change your mind?

You do not have to participate in this study; it is up to you to decide whether or not you wish to take part. If you would like to take part, we would ask you to email the researcher directly. Prior to the start of the focus group you will be asked to sign a consent form. You will be completely free to withdraw from the study (i.e. leave the focus group) at any point. You do not have to give a reason. Once the focus group data are transcribed and anonymised, all

identifying details will have been removed so we will not be able to remove your responses.

What are the advantages and disadvantages to being in the study?

information gained by the study may help to improve how MEs are perceived and managed on the PICU and help us to understand how PICU nurses and doctors ‘learn’ from them. The focus group will take place at a mutually convenient time for all attendee’s. The focus groups do

not intend to cause anyone any distress, however asking questions may remind you of a past event which may be upsetting for you. You do not have to

answer any questions you do not want to and can leave the focus group at any time if you wish.

Will the information be kept confidential?

In order to allow us to remember everything that has been said in the focus groups, the groups will be audio recorded. These tapes will then be

transcribed; with any names and identifiable references removed so that individuals participating in the focus groups (or any patients) cannot be identified. Information will be stored on a secure password protected

computer on the PICU at Alder Hey. Only the lead researcher Dr Lyvonne Tume and nurse-researcher Joanne Johnston, will be involved in moderating the focus groups and transcribing them. It is anticipated that some direct quotes may be used, when the study is published, which again will not identify any individual participant. Any discussions within the focus groups will be treated as confidential, unless any information is disclosed about poor clinical practice (as defined by the GMC Code of Professional Conduct), in which case this will be referred to the PICU Clinical Director.

What will happen to the results of this study?

The results of this study will be presented within the Children’s Nursing Research Unit at Alder Hey, PICU and Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust. This will be via Grand Rounds, PICU meetings, PICU mandatory training, staff induction and the Trusts Safe Medication Committee. It is intended to submit this information for presentation at a PICS meeting and for publication in a peer reviewed journal.

How can I gain further information?

You can contact the lead researcher, Dr Lyvonne Tume, on email @

[email protected] or nurse-researcher and PIC nurse, Joanne Johnston, on email @ [email protected]

Who has reviewed this study?

Research in the NHS involving staff, which does not involve patients or families, does not need to be looked at by a Research Ethics Committee. Approval has been sought through UCLAN university ethics committee and through the senior PICU management team at Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust.