Can Adherence to PALS Guidelines be Improved by Team Training of Pediatric Resuscitation Members?

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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A multi-centre prospective cohort study, which examines the effect of a team training educational intervention for pediatric resuscitation team members. The study uses simulation-based training as the primary teaching method to evaluate the effect of team training on team performance, as measured by adherence to PALS guidelines. By re-testing participants again after 6-12 months, the study will examine long-term retention of these skills. Hypothesis: adherence to PALS guidelines is improved following team training of pediatric resuscitation team members.

Detailed Description
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A multi-centre prospective cohort study, which examines the effect of a team training educational intervention for pediatric resuscitation team members. The study uses simulation-based training as the primary teaching method to evaluate the effect of team training on team performance, as measured by adherence to PALS guidelines. By re-testing participants again after 6-12 months, the study will examine long-term retention of these skills. The investigator anticipates sustained, improved team performance after team training. If this proves to be true, the long-term goal is to disseminate this training widely across Canada, in order to benefit all paediatric resuscitation teams, and ultimately their patients.

Official Title
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Can Adherence to PALS Guidelines be Improved by Team Training of Pediatric Resuscitation Members?

Conditions
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Crisis Resource Management

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Team training course


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Code Blue certified RN & RRT Pediatric Residents Teams must consists of Interprofessional (Resident MD, RN, RRT) resuscitation team members. Team composition will reflect actual resuscitation team composition at each site, which will vary slightly from site to site. Exclusion Criteria: Fellows Attendings Non Code Blue certified staff
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: team training<br>Intervention: team training course. A 1-day simulation-based team-training course. There will be 4 simulated resuscitation events. Simulation #1 will be the pre-course team performance and simulation #4 will be the post-course performance. | Other: Team training course<br>* A 1-day simulation-based team-training course. There will be 4 simulated resuscitation events. Simulation #1 will be the pre-course team performance and simulation #4 will be the post-course performance.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adherence to PALS guidelines, as measured by the Clinical Performance Tool (CPT) by Donoghue et al |  | up to 3.5 years | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Long-term effect of training on adherence to PALS guidelines (as measured by the CPT) & teamwork performance (as measured by the CTS) at 6-12 months post-training. |  | up to 3.5 years |