An educational approach to increase the use of enoxaparin for DVT prophylaxis for medicine patients

What is it about?

This describes a quality improvement project that used recurring education sessions to help increase the use of enoxaparin for DVT prophylaxis rather than unfractionated heparin in hospitalized medical patients. The targeted providers were resident physicians who were new to the setting each month, presenting a challenge to maintain this change.

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Why is it important?

Quality improvement initiatives that target physician trainees who are often transient in a given clinical setting can be challenging because of the constant influx of new, unreached providers. This presents one successful method of creating practice change in this population.