In-person Versus Online Debriefing in HBB

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neonatal Respiratory Distress

Treatments: Behavioral: On line debriefing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05257499

SBS-2021-0193

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of online formative feedback and debriefing on nursing and medical students enrolled in the HBB course in comparison to traditional face-to-face feedback. The working hypothesis is that online feedback and debriefing during hands-on training sessions are as effective as face-to-face feedback and debriefing in teaching clinical skills to medical and nursing students.

Full description

Online learning has become an integral part of education, especially during the ongoing COVID19 pandemic that has imposed a limit on live interactions. This observation holds true in the medical education system which uses the flipped classroom model to teach essential practical skills. Studies have shown that this model is associated with improved learning and student satisfaction. In such a model, debriefing and feedback comprise a main part of the teaching process, and these interactions are usually conducted in person. One helpful skill offered to nursing and medical students is Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), which is an evidence-based educational program training first-line birth attendants to initiate effective resuscitation of a newborn in the first minute of life. The investigators propose to incorporate online feedback as part of the HBB course at the American University of Beirut. In this non-inferiority randomized controlled trial, the investigators will study the effectiveness of online formative feedback and debriefing on nursing and medical students enrolled in the HBB course in comparison to traditional face-to-face feedback. The working hypothesis is that internet-based live feedback and debriefing are as effective as face-to-face interactions when teaching clinical skills to nursing and medical students. This work will aid in developing a reliable online curriculum that can be extrapolated to other courses and institutions, thus broadening the reach of medical education in the times of physical distancing.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nurses and medical students

Exclusion criteria

• Attended resuscitation course

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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49 participants in 2 patient groups

On line debfriefing

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will practice the skills taught as above but in the presence of the same certified instructor who will guide them throughout all the steps of HBB using a virtual platform (Webex® or Zoom®).

Treatment:

Behavioral: On line debriefing

In person debriefing

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this group will practice the skills taught in the virtual class on the neonatal mannequin. They are expected to work as a small group of 3 to 4 at a time. They will receive coaching, debriefing and feedback from a certified instructor who will conduct the traditional in-person training with face-to-face feedback and debriefing.