Clinical trial NCT05257499: In-person Versus Online Debriefing in HBB
Official title: In-person Versus Online Debriefing in the Simulation Sessions of the Helping Babies Breathe Course: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neonatal Respiratory Distress
Keywords: Online debriefing
In person debriefing
Helping babies breathe
Debriefing
Simulation training
Lead sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-02-25
Enrollment: 49
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of online formative feedback and debriefing on nursing and medical students enrolled in the HBB course in comparison to traditional face-to-face feedback. The working hypothesis is that online feedback and debriefing during hands-on training sessions are as effective as face-to-face feedback and debriefing in teaching clinical skills to medical and nursing students.

Detailed description: Online learning has become an integral part of education, especially during the ongoing COVID19 pandemic that has imposed a limit on live interactions. This observation holds true in the medical education system which uses the flipped classroom model to teach essential practical skills. Studies have shown that this model is associated with improved learning and student satisfaction. In such a model, debriefing and feedback comprise a main part of the teaching process, and these interactions are usually conducted in person. One helpful skill offered to nursing and medical students is Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), which is an evidence-based educational program training first-line birth attendants to initiate effective resuscitation of a newborn in the first minute of life. The investigators propose to incorporate online feedback as part of the HBB course at the American University of Beirut. In this non-inferiority randomized controlled trial, the investigators will study the effectiveness of online formative feedback and debriefing on nursing and medical students enrolled in the HBB course in comparison to traditional face-to-face feedback. The working hypothesis is that internet-based live feedback and debriefing are as effective as face-to-face interactions when teaching clinical skills to nursing and medical students. This work will aid in developing a reliable online curriculum that can be extrapolated to other courses and institutions, thus broadening the reach of medical education in the times of physical distancing.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Nurses and medical students

Exclusion Criteria:

* Attended resuscitation course

Primary outcomes:
measure: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) score
timeFrame: One month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Student satisfaction
timeFrame: One month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Beirut
country: Lebanon
facility: American University of Beirut
state: Hamra
city: Beirut
country: Lebanon
facility: American University of Beirut
Study officials:
References:
citation: Odongkara B, Tylleskar T, Pejovic N, Achora V, Mukunya D, Ndeezi G, Tumwine JK, Nankabirwa V. Adding video-debriefing to Helping-Babies-Breathe training enhanced retention of neonatal resuscitation knowledge and skills among health workers in Uganda: a cluster randomized trial. Glob Health Action. 2020 Dec 31;13(1):1743496. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1743496.
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