Jessica Bates
- Associate Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)
Contact
- (520) 626-6312
- AZ Health Sci. Center Library
- Tucson, AZ 85724
- jbates1@arizona.edu
Awards
- Clinical Excellence Award: Resident's Choice
- UACOM-T/South Campus Emergency Medicine Residents, Spring 2024
- UACOM-T/South Campus Emergency Medicine Residents, Spring 2023
- UACOM-T EM Faculty Leadership Award
- University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson/South Campus Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Spring 2024
- University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson/South Campus Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Spring 2023
- Clinical Excellence Award: Nurses' Choice
- UACOM-T/South Campus Emergency Medicine, Spring 2023
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Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Meehan, E., Ricker, M. A., Stoneking, L. R., Bates, J., & Tolby, N. (2024). Integrating a Self-Paced Interactive Online Integrative Medicine Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents: A Pilot Study. . Common Sense, Voice of The American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Volume 31, Issue 6..
- Bates, J., Berkman, M., Denninghoff, K. R., Ng, V., Nuño, T., Sobel, J. D., & Stoneking, L. R. (2019). Effect of Real-Time Surveys on Patient Satisfaction Scores in the Emergency Department. Education Research International, 2019, 1-5. doi:10.1155/2019/6132698More infoBackground . Patient satisfaction surveys have become increasingly important as their results help to determine Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement. However, these questionnaires have known sources of bias (self-selection, responder, attribution, and nonresponse). Objective . We developed a real-time (RT) survey delivered in the hospital ED to evaluate the effect of implementing RT patient satisfaction surveys on physician behavior and hypothesized that the timing of patient satisfaction survey delivery would significantly impact the results. Method . Data from real-time patient satisfaction surveys were collected in phases from 12/2015 to 5/2017. Hospital-sponsored (HS) surveys were administered after discharge from 12/2015 to 12/2016. Results . For RT surveys, resident physicians were significantly more likely to write their names on the whiteboard (p=0.02) and sit down (p=0.01) with patients. Behavior modifications by attending physicians were not significant. Patient satisfaction measures did not improve significantly between periods for RT or HS surveys; however, RT survey responders were significantly more likely to recommend the ED to others. Conclusion . The timing of survey administration did significantly alter resident physician’s behavior; however, it had no effect on patient satisfaction scores. RT responders were significantly more likely to recommend the emergency department to others.
- Adamas-Rappaport, W. J., Amini, R., Bates, J., Fisher, J., Johnstone, C., Kelley, R., Ratesic, A., Situ-LaCasse, E., Tegethoff, A. M., & Viscusi, R. K. (2018). Clinical skills temporal degradation assessment in undergraduate medical education.. journal of advances in medical education and professionalism.More infoMedical students' ability to learn clinical procedures and competently apply these skills is an essential component of medical education. Complex skills with limited opportunity for practice have been shown to degrade without continued refresher training. To our knowledge there is no evidence that objectively evaluates temporal degradation of clinical skills in undergraduate medical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate temporal retention of clinical skills among third year medical students.This was a cross-sectional study conducted at four separate time intervals in the cadaver laboratory at a public medical school. Forty-five novice third year medical students were evaluated for retention of skills in the following three procedures: pigtail thoracostomy, femoral line placement, and endotracheal intubation. Prior to the start of third-year medical clerkships, medical students participated in a two-hour didactic session designed to teach clinically relevant materials including the procedures. Prior to the start of their respective surgery clerkships, students were asked to perform the same three procedures and were evaluated by trained emergency medicine and surgery faculty for retention rates, using three validated checklists. Students were then reassessed at six week intervals in four separate groups based on the start date of their respective surgical clerkships. We compared the evaluation results between students tested one week after training and those tested at three later dates for statistically significant differences in score distribution using a one-tailed Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney U-test for non-parametric rank-sum analysis.Retention rates were shown to have a statistically significant decline between six and 12 weeks for all three procedural skills.In the instruction of medical students, skill degradation should be considered when teaching complex technical skills. Based on the statistically significant decline in procedural skills noted in our investigation, instructors should consider administering a refresher course between six and twelve weeks from initial training.
- Amini, R., Bates, J., & Rhodes, S. M. (2016). Ultrasound Guided Femoral Nerve Blocks and the Management of Elder Patients with Hip Fractures. Journal of hospital & medical management. doi:10.4172/2471-9781.100004More infoHip fractures in the elder population are not infrequent and often result in untreated pain or large quantities of opioid administration. Femoral nerve blocks (FNBs) offer a safe, effective method for improving pain control in the setting of hip fracture, which can be initiated in the emergency department (ED). The use of ultrasound has been shown to improve efficiency and accuracy of FNB with an added benefit of reducing the volume of local anesthetics utilized compared to landmark technique. Prior studies have shown that ultrasound training for FNB proficiency can be easily accomplished in the ED setting. There are relatively few known complications associated with FNBs and published studies on ultrasound-guided FNBs have reported zero complications. After reviewing the available literature, we believe the emergency physician is well suited to perform ultrasound guided FNBs; which will lead to improved pain control, decrease opioid requirements, and can potentially reduce medication-induced delirium in the elder population requiring lower extremity pain control.