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Knowledge acquisition and retention after a high flow training programme in Peru: a quasi-experimental single group pre-post design.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Respiratory infections remain the leading infectious cause of death in children under 5 and disproportionately affect children in resource-limited settings. Implementing non-invasive respiratory support can reduce respiratory-related mortality. However, maintaining competency after deployment can be difficult. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive multidisciplinary high-flow training programme in a Peruvian paediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Design

Quasi-experimental single group pre-post intervention study design.

Setting

Quaternary care PICU in a resource-constrained setting in Lima, Peru.

Participants

Attending physicians, fellows, paediatric residents, registered nurses, respiratory therapists and medical technicians working in the PICU were invited to participate.

Interventions

Concurrent with initial high-flow deployment, we implemented a training programme consisting of lectures, case-based discussion and demonstrations with baseline, 3-month and 12-month training sessions. Pre-training and post-training assessment surveys were distributed surrounding all training sessions.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was achieving minimum competency (median score of 80%) on the high flow training assessment tool. Secondary outcomes included knowledge acquisition (differences in pre-baseline and post-baseline training assessments), short-term retention (differences in post-baseline and pre-3-month refresher training assessments) and long-term retention (differences in post-3-month refresher and pre-12-month refresher training assessments).

Results

Eighty participants (50% nurses, 15% ICU physicians and 34% other providers) completed the baseline assessment. Participants showed improvement in overall score and all subtopics except the clinical application of knowledge after baseline training (p<0.001). Participants failed to retain minimum competency at 3-month and 12-month follow-up assessments (70% (IQR: 57-74) and 70% (IQR: 65-74), respectively). After repeat training sessions, overall knowledge continued to improve, exceeding baseline performance (78% (IQR: 70-87), 83% (IQR: 74-87) and 87% (IQR: 83-91) at baseline, 3 and 12?months, respectively).

Conclusion

This study suggests the need for repeat training sessions to achieve and maintain competency after the implementation of new technology.

SUBMITTER: Ellington LE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Knowledge acquisition and retention after a high flow training programme in Peru: a quasi-experimental single group pre-post design.

Ellington Laura E LE Becerra Rosario R Mallma Gabriela G Tantaleán da Fieno José J Nair Deepthi D Onchiri Frankline F Nielsen Katie R KR

BMJ open 20200621 6

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PMID: 32565457

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Dataset Information

Knowledge acquisition and retention after a high flow training programme in Peru: a quasi-experimental single group pre-post design.

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Interventions

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Knowledge acquisition and retention after a high flow training programme in Peru: a quasi-experimental single group pre-post design.

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