Educational Strategies for Maintaining Technical Skills in Neonatal Resuscitation for the Nursing Team

NCT06882018 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2025-7607
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Despite efforts for initial training in neonatal resuscitation, health professionals show a decline in post-training skills, requiring continuing training. This randomized controlled pilot study will compare the feasibility and preliminary effects of two educational tools in the field, namely the traditional teaching method (instructor-assisted deliberate practice) and an educational tool developed during the research project that involves repeated peer-guided practice. Both groups will perform the same educational activity using a mobile training station equipped with the equipment necessary for the PPV. Each session will be of 30 minutes and will be repeated three times over a period of three months.

Conditions

Ventilation Therapy; Complications; Technical Skills; Nurse's Role

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Participant satisfaction with the quality of the educational methods assessed by a questionnaire

  The questionnaire uses a 1 to 4 likert scale with 1 being the highest satisfaction.

  6 months

• Number of participants that agree to participate

  From 0 to 50, 50 being the better outcome

  6 months

• Number of participants that terminate the study (retention rate).

  From 0 to 50, 50 being the better outcome

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Mean difference in performance of VPP as per the Neonatal Mask Ventilation Competency Assessment Tool (NMVCAT) score

  6 months

• Mean difference in confidence level of participants

  6 months

• Propensity to change behaviour score based on the CPD-REACTION questionnaire

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Repeated practice guided by peers

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group which will use the educational tool during repeated practice guided by peers

Other: Repeated practice guided by peers

Instructor-guided deliberate practice

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A control group that will use the traditional method, instructor-guided deliberate practice

Other: Instructor-guided deliberate practice

Interventions

Repeated practice guided by peers OTHER

This approach involves repeated, peer-guided practice. Each session will involve two participants, who will support each other using the feedback grid from the first section of the "Neonatal Mask Ventilation Competency Assessment Tool" developed by DiLabio et al. (2018) to provide feedback on practicing technical skills.

Repeated practice guided by peers

Instructor-guided deliberate practice OTHER

In this group, practice is deliberate (PD) and is led by an instructor. Each session will be supervised by an instructor for two to four participants, and the latter will use the same feedback grid as that used in the intervention group to provide feedback.

Instructor-guided deliberate practice

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Registered or practical nurse working in neonatal intensive care at CHU Sainte-Justine
• At least one year of experience in neonatology care at CHU Sainte-Justine
• Completed the initial neonatal resuscitation training

You may not qualify if:

• Neonatal transport nurses, due to their particular expertise which may introduce bias.
• Nurse that are instructor for neonatal resuscitation training

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ahmed Moussa: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU Sainte-Justine, Dept Neonatology

Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada

Location

Study Officials

• Ahmed Moussa, MD, MMEd

  St. Justine's Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Neonatalogist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 19, 2024
• First Posted: March 18, 2025
• Study Start: December 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2025
• Study Completion: June 30, 2025
• Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)