Implementing healthcare professionals' training during COVID-19: a pre and post-test design for simulation training

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Santos, Thiago Martins ^{[1, 2]} ; dos Santos Pedrosa, Rafaela Batista ^{[1, 3]} ; dos Santos Carvalho, Danielle Rachel ^{[1, 4]} ; Franco, Mario Henrique ^{[1, 2]} ; Gomes Silva, Juliany Lino ^{[1, 5]} ; Franci, Daniel ^{[1, 2]} ; de Jorge, Bruno ^{[1, 6]} ; Munhoz, Daniel ^{[1, 7]} ; Calderan, Thiago ^{[1, 8]} ; Guerra Grangeia, Tiago de Araujo ^{[1, 2]} ; Cecilio-Fernandes, Dario ^{[1, 9]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Sch Med Sci, Dept Internal Med, Discipline Emergency Med, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Sch Nursing, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Sch Med Sci, Dept Med Psychol & Psychiat, Postdoctoral Researcher Program, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[5] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Sch Med Sci, Skills Lab, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[6] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Dept Acad Support, Sch Med Sci, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[7] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Sch Med Sci, Dept Internal Med, Discipline Cardiol, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[8] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Sch Med Sci, Dept Surg, Discipline Trauma Surg, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[9] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Sch Med Sci, Dept Med Psychol & Psychiat, Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: São Paulo Medical Journal; v. 139, n. 5, p. 514-519, 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has imposed a new reality that presents several challenges for healthcare professionals. The main challenge has been the lack of proper training in relation to an unknown disease. OBJECTIVE: To investigate healthcare professionals' acquisition of knowledge of a new airway management protocol for COVID-19 through their participation in simulation training. DESIGN AND SETTING: Pre and post-test study with purpose sampling, carried out in a tertiary-level hospital in the city of Campinas, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional pre and post-test intervention among healthcare professionals working in the intensive care unit and emergency department of a large hospital. The training was carried out using an in situ simulation scenario and the participants answered pre and post-tests consisting of a 20-item questionnaire about the new protocol. RESULTS: The paired-sample t test demonstrated that there was a significant increase in test score (t = -19.06; P < 0.001), from before the training (M = 8.62; standard deviation, SD = 3.53) to after the simulation training (M = 17.02; SD = 1.76). CONCLUSIONS: The simulated training had a positive impact on the healthcare professionals' acquisition of the COVID-19 protocol. We also demonstrated that in situ simulation training was an efficient tool for implementing new protocols, thus bringing benefits to healthcare systems, professionals and patients. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 20/04909-7 - Using simulation to implement the COVID-19 suspected patient care protocol
• Grantee: Dario Cecilio Fernandes
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 20/07132-3 - Using simulation training to implement the protocol for attending patient with a suspicion of COVID-19
• Grantee: Danielle Rachel dos Santos Carvalho
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral