TY - JOUR
T1 - Meeting science meets public health
T2 - Results from the “Stress and Violence in fire-based EMS Responders (SAVER)” Systems Checklist Consensus Conference (SC3)
AU - Murray, Regan M.
AU - Allen, Joseph A.
AU - Davis, Andrea L.
AU - Taylor, Jennifer A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) FY 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (Research & Development) Grant number: EMW-2016-FP-00277 . For help with organizing and facilitating the conference we extend our sincere gratitude to Ms. Lauren Shepler (Drexel University), Dr. Kevin Mitchell (Nebraska Medical Center), and Dr. Christian Resick (Drexel University). We also extend our thanks to Drexel University’s FIRST Center 2018 FIRE Fellows: Neva Novinger, Killian Rohn, Leah Popek, and Kendall Seigworth; Research Assistant Cecelia Harrison (Drexel University); and Collaborator Dr. Jin Lee (Kansas State University).
Funding Information:
Regan Murray , MPH, EMT is a Project Manager and certified Emergency Medical Technician at the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST) at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. She provides oversight to the project funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): “Stress and Violence in fire-based EMS Responders (SAVER).” Ms. Murray received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Lawrence University and earned her Masters of Public Health degree, concentrating in Community Health and Prevention, from Drexel University.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Introduction: In order to implement a systems-level Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workplace violence intervention, input from end users was critically needed. We convened the two-day Stress and Violence in fire-based EMS Responders (SAVER)” Systems Checklist Consensus Conference (SC3) using methods from meeting science (i.e., ThinkLets) to comprehensively and efficiently gather feedback from stakeholders on the completeness and utility of the draft checklist that would comprise the intervention. Methods: ThinkLets, a codified facilitation technique was used to aid brainstorming, convergence, organization, evaluation, and consensus building activities on the SAVER Systems Checklist among 41 national stakeholders during a two-day conference. A qualitative and quantitative process evaluation was conducted to measure the effectiveness of conference procedures. To verify checklist feasibility results from the conference, a second feasibility assessment was conducted with the four implementation sites. Conclusions: The quantitative conference evaluation results indicated most participants viewed the conference process favorably. Emergent themes reflecting on conference effectiveness and suggestions for improvements are described. The re-evaluation of the checklist's feasibility completed by the SAVER study sites confirmed prior feasibility findings. SAVER study sites cast 45.5% of votes on checklist items to be most feasible, 34.9% as less feasible, and 19.6% as extremely difficult. Practical Applications: Multidisciplinary collaboration between public health, occupational health psychology, and meeting science led to the development of the SAVER Systems Checklist. The checklist underscores important needs for EMS policy and training development critical to responder safety as identified and supported by over 41 diverse subject matter experts. The incorporation of a widely used meeting science method, ThinkLets, into public health intervention design proved an effective and well-received approach to bring assessment, evaluation, and consensus to the SAVER Systems Checklist. These methods may hold benefit for other industries and disciplines that may not be familiar with such facilitation and consensus-building techniques.
AB - Introduction: In order to implement a systems-level Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workplace violence intervention, input from end users was critically needed. We convened the two-day Stress and Violence in fire-based EMS Responders (SAVER)” Systems Checklist Consensus Conference (SC3) using methods from meeting science (i.e., ThinkLets) to comprehensively and efficiently gather feedback from stakeholders on the completeness and utility of the draft checklist that would comprise the intervention. Methods: ThinkLets, a codified facilitation technique was used to aid brainstorming, convergence, organization, evaluation, and consensus building activities on the SAVER Systems Checklist among 41 national stakeholders during a two-day conference. A qualitative and quantitative process evaluation was conducted to measure the effectiveness of conference procedures. To verify checklist feasibility results from the conference, a second feasibility assessment was conducted with the four implementation sites. Conclusions: The quantitative conference evaluation results indicated most participants viewed the conference process favorably. Emergent themes reflecting on conference effectiveness and suggestions for improvements are described. The re-evaluation of the checklist's feasibility completed by the SAVER study sites confirmed prior feasibility findings. SAVER study sites cast 45.5% of votes on checklist items to be most feasible, 34.9% as less feasible, and 19.6% as extremely difficult. Practical Applications: Multidisciplinary collaboration between public health, occupational health psychology, and meeting science led to the development of the SAVER Systems Checklist. The checklist underscores important needs for EMS policy and training development critical to responder safety as identified and supported by over 41 diverse subject matter experts. The incorporation of a widely used meeting science method, ThinkLets, into public health intervention design proved an effective and well-received approach to bring assessment, evaluation, and consensus to the SAVER Systems Checklist. These methods may hold benefit for other industries and disciplines that may not be familiar with such facilitation and consensus-building techniques.
KW - Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
KW - Intervention
KW - SAVER Systems Checklist
KW - ThinkLets
KW - Workplace violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088806301&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85088806301&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jsr.2020.06.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jsr.2020.06.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 32951789
AN - SCOPUS:85088806301
VL - 74
SP - 249
EP - 261
JO - Journal of Safety Research
JF - Journal of Safety Research
SN - 0022-4375
ER -