Evaluation of participants' feedback after a simulation-based training in neonatal resuscitation using a realistic delivery room

Alejandro Avila-Alvarez, Iria Gonzalez-Rivera, Jose L. Fernandez-Trisac, Maria I. Taboada-Perianes, Bruno Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Alberto Centeno-Cortes, Maria Diaz-Gomez, Teresa Rei-Serra, Rita Jacome-Feijoo

Centro Tecnolóxico de Formación, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coru?a, A Coru?a, Spain.
Servizo de Urxencias, Hospital Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, Spain.
Servizo de Xinecoloxía e Obstetricia, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coru?a, A Coru?a, Spain.
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Servizo de Pediatría, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coru?a, A Coru?a, Spain.
Unidade de Neonatoloxía, Servizo de Pediatría, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coru?a, A Coru?a, Spain.

DOI: 10.4236/ojped.2012.24047                

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low-frequency and high-risk situations, such as neonatal resuscitation, are the ideal targets for simulation-based learning. The aim of this paper is to present the structure of our internal neonatal resuscitation training program, using a realistic, simulated delivery room, and to present the participants' opinions about teamwork, emotional stress, and their subjective ability to face a resuscitation. METHODS: We administered a training course to 24 doctors and midwives. One of the simulation classrooms was modified to appear similar to a real delivery room. Four scenarios were conducted using a previously designed checklist of primary and secondary goals. Upon completion, all students participated in a debriefing session with the help of a video review. RESULTS: Students rated the achievement of their previously defined goals on a scale of 1 to 5. Grouping together the percentages of the highest ratings (Categories 4 and 5), 83.4% (20/24) of the students considered the course useful for acquiring clinical skills. For 87.5% (21/24) of the students, the scenarios simulated real clinical situations, the room properly simulated a real delivery room, and the course improved the students' ability to work in a team. For 66.6% (16/24) of the students, the course improved their stress in confronting neonatal resuscitation. Initially, only 33.3% (8/24) of the students considered themselves very capable or fully able to cope with a resuscitation. After the course, that percentage rose to 62.5% (15/24). CONCLUSIONS: The incorporation of simulation-based learning into neonatal resuscitation teaching programs, using realistic scenarios, is useful and offers the possibility of acquiring technical skills, but it also allows for the improvement of teamwork and the adoption of different roles and positive attitudes towards emotional stress.

Keywords

Neonatal Resuscitation; Simulation; Training

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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