David Kloda, PA-C

Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator

University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Health Related Professions

Forms Development Time:

Developing individual forms was very quick even for a person with “very little computer savvy”.  After faculty tested forms for one month, the complete program comprised of four forms was in the hands of students. Over a twelve month time period, four different versions of forms were deployed.

Installation:

Twenty five students in the Surgical Physician Assistant Program use four different forms to track their activities on handheld devices as they see up to fifty patients each day.  Each form ranges from four to twenty one pages and is used to collect data on surgical operations, procedures outside the operating room, patient assessments and conference attendance.

Students synchronize their handhelds in a nearby computer lab where four workstations have been equipped with sync cradles.   Data from Pendragon Forms is sent via intranet to a database that can be accessed from Kloda’s PC.  Built-in security features have been selected so that students cannot change or review their procedure data.  After synchronizing, all information is erased from the handheld. 

Before Pendragon Forms:

Benefits: