Perkins, Gavin D, Kimani, Peter K, Bullock, Ian, Clutton-Brock, Tom, Davies, Robin P, Gale, Mike, Lam, Jenny, Lockey, Andrew and Stallard, Nigel (2012) Improving the efficiency of advanced life support training: a randomized, controlled trial. Annals of internal medicine, 157 (1). pp. 19-28. ISSN 1539-3704.
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BACKGROUND
Each year, more than 1.5 million health care professionals receive advanced life support (ALS) training.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether a blended approach to ALS training that includes electronic learning (e-learning) produces outcomes similar to those of conventional, instructor-led ALS training.
DESIGN
Open-label, noninferiority, randomized trial. Randomization, stratified by site, was generated by Sealed Envelope (Sealed Envelope, London, United Kingdom). (International Standardized Randomized Controlled Trial Number Register: ISCRTN86380392)
SETTING
31 ALS centers in the United Kingdom and Australia.
PARTICIPANTS
3732 health care professionals recruited between December 2008 and October 2010.
INTERVENTION
A 1-day course supplemented with e-learning versus a conventional 2-day course.
MEASUREMENTS
The primary outcome was performance in a cardiac arrest simulation test at the end of the course. Secondary outcomes comprised knowledge- and skill-based assessments, repeated assessment after remediation training, and resource use.
RESULTS
440 of the 1843 participants randomly assigned to the blended course and 444 of the 1889 participants randomly assigned to conventional training did not attend the courses. Performance in the cardiac arrest simulation test after course attendance was lower in the electronic advanced life support (e-ALS) group compared with the conventional advanced life support (c-ALS) group; 1033 persons (74.5%) in the e-ALS group and 1146 persons (80.2%) in the c-ALS group passed (mean difference, -5.7% [95% CI, -8.8% to -2.7%]). Knowledge- and skill-based assessments were similar between groups, as was the final pass rate after remedial teaching, which was 94.2% in the e-ALS group and 96.7% in the c-ALS group (mean difference, -2.6% [CI, -4.1% to 1.2%]). Faculty, catering, and facility costs were $438 per participant for electronic ALS training and $935 for conventional ALS training.
LIMITATIONS
Many professionals (24%) did not attend the courses. The effect on patient outcomes was not evaluated.
CONCLUSION
Compared with conventional ALS training, an approach that included e-learning led to a slightly lower pass rate for cardiac arrest simulation tests, similar scores on a knowledge test, and reduced costs.
PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE
National Institute of Health Research and Resuscitation Council (UK).
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | WD Diseases and disorders of systemic, metabolic or environmental origin > WD400 Emergency medicine |
Divisions: | Clinical Support > Critical Care |
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Depositing User: | Mrs Yolande Brookes |
Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2014 12:17 |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2014 12:17 |
URI: | http://www.repository.uhblibrary.co.uk/id/eprint/438 |
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