Early or Late Booster in Basic Life Support for Health Care Professionals

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

84 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-22

Study Completion Date

2020-07-17

Brief Summary

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Attrition of skills after basic life support (BLS) training is common. Psychology studies have established that for basic memory recall tasks, spaced learning strategies improve retention. Spaced learning is often organized as a refresher or 'booster' course after initial training. This study aims to investigate if this principle holds true for BLS skills, which require rapid memory recall and efficient deployment of procedural skills while under time pressure.

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Detailed Description

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Health care professionals who have not received BLS training in the 6 months leading up to the date of participation will be recruited from local health care institutions in the greater-Ottawa area. Participants will be randomized into one of three groups: early booster, late booster, or no booster (control). Currently, no booster is the educational standard. The early booster group will receive a booster at 3 weeks, the late booster at 2 months, and no booster for the control. All participants will undergo BLS training, an immediate post-test, and a retention post-test at 4 months. Post-tests involve a simulated cardiac arrest scenario. Raters will be blinded to the group allocation and simulation test order.

Conditions

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Basic Life Support

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants randomized to one of three groups : early booster, late booster, or no booster (control group)

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Trained evaluators will rate a series of videos but will be blinded to which arm of the study participants are from.

Study Groups

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Early Booster Teaching

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Early Booster Teaching

Intervention Type OTHER

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Late Booster Teaching

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Late Booster Teaching

Intervention Type OTHER

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback

Control group

The control group will receive no booster teaching at all.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Early Booster Teaching

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Intervention Type OTHER

Late Booster Teaching

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

-Healthcare professionals who interact with patients and have not received any BLS training or practice in the 6 months leading up to the date of their participation will be recruited.

Exclusion Criteria

* under 18 years of age
* non healthcare professionals
* healthcare professionals who don't interact directly with patients
* healthcare professionals who have completed Basic Life Support training in the previous six months

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes