Implementation of HBB Training With Facilitators That Have Undergone Simulation Methodology Training

NCT03256591 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: MUST 21/06-16c
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) implementation is associated with reduction in neonatal deaths and reduction in fresh stillbirths. HBB has successfully integrated some aspects of simulation into an educational curriculum that teach the management of neonatal emergencies in resource-constrained countries. Simulation based training brings special advantages and may enhance HBB training. Critical elements of simulation such as enhanced realism and post-event debriefing may carry potential to strengthen HBB training to attain maximum impact. However, evidence for the effectiveness of this combined approach is limited.

Conditions

Maternal Health; Newborn; Vitality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge

  The primary outcome for this analysis is level of knowledge. For each course, learners will be assessed at baseline and at course-end to determine their knowledge via multiple choice test. Scores out of 100% will be computed

  Change in knowledge scores at 6 months from Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Clinical skills

  Change in clinical skills at 6 months from baseline

• Facilitator debriefing skills

  Change in facilitator skills at 6 months from baseline

Study Arms (2)

HBB plus simulation training

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive training from facilitators for HBB training with simulation skills

Other: HBB facilitators with simulation training

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants receive training from facilitators for HBB training without simulation skills

Interventions

HBB facilitators with simulation training OTHER

HBB training from facilitators with simulation skills. Standard HBB facilitators do not have simulation skills

HBB plus simulation training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Only trained facilitators are eligible to participate
• Must hold a Faculty position or are a health care provider at KIU Teaching Hospital in western Uganda
• Are engaged in teaching health students.
• Participating medical students are those enrolled at KIU Teaching Hospital in western Uganda

You may not qualify if:

• Faculty and hospital workers who are not engaged in teaching health students.
• Medical students not enrolled at KIU Teaching Hospital, western Uganda

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mbarara University of Science and Technology: lead
• University of Calgary: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Kampala International University

Ishaka, Bushenyi, 256, Uganda

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Santorini Data, MD

  Mbarara University of Science and Technology

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Santorini Data, MD

CONTACT

+256752214458; sdata@must.ac.ug

Francis Bajunirwe, PhD

CONTACT

+256772576396; fbaj@must.ac.ug

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: No masking will be done
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Investigators will conduct a prospective, randomized controlled trial to determine if the implementation of a simulation facilitator training program for HBB compared with no facilitator training in simulation is superior in terms of the acquisition of knowledge, acute care skills, and teamwork skills of pre-service medical students. Investigators will randomly randomly assign study participants to either intervention or control arm in a 1:1 ratio.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 15, 2017
• First Posted: August 22, 2017
• Study Start: October 30, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2018
• Study Completion: December 30, 2020
• Last Updated: April 17, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-03

Locations

UG (1)