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

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 São 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.

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Main Authors:	Santos,Thiago Martins, Pedrosa,Rafaela Batista dos Santos, Carvalho,Danielle Rachel dos Santos, Franco,Mário Henrique, Silva,Juliany Lino Gomes, Franci,Daniel, de Jorge,Bruno, Munhoz,Daniel, Calderan,Thiago, Grangeia,Tiago de Araujo Guerra, Cecilio-Fernandes,Dario
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM 2021
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802021000500514
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