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Mastery Learning Versus Time-based Education: Skill Acquisition and Retention of Basic Life Support in Laypeople

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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest
Basic Life Support

Treatments

Other: Time based learning
Other: Mastery based learning

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02059395
Mastery of BLS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background:

In cardiac arrest survival rates dramatically increase when bystanders are present and initiate Basic Life Support (BLS). However, even though serious efforts have been made, skill retention after a traditional time-based BLS course for laypeople remains suboptimal. In contrast, a mastery learning-based educational approach was shown to be efficacious and might be promising even for laypersons. Therefore the investigators aim to evaluate the impact of a mastery learning-based BLS course on skills retention of BLS in laypeople.

Methods:

Forty laypeople without previous BLS experiences will be randomized into the traditional time-based BLS course group (Control - TB group) or mastery learning-based group (Intervention - ML group).

Both groups will receive BLS training consisting of 6 successive stations including diagnosis of cardiac arrest, chest compression, ventilation, one-rescuer BLS, two-rescuer BLS and AED use. In the ML group, subjects will deliberately practice and receive feedback at each station until a pre-set target level is reached. Subjects will be allowed to proceed to the next station only when they achieve the required target level of performance. In contrast, participants of the TB group will be taught the same 6 stations in two hours, according to standard American Heart Association BLS criteria. All subjects will have an assessment of knowledge and skills immediately after teaching (immediate post-test) and at four months (retention post-test).

Implications:

Previous research has shown that mastery learning-based education improves learners' procedural skill performance. The investigators study will determine the impact of a mastery learning-based BLS course on skill retention in laypeople.

Enrollment

49 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • University students in Ottawa

Exclusion criteria

  • Students of the Faculty of Medicine
  • Previous Basic Life Support Training Certificate

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

49 participants in 2 patient groups

Time based
Active Comparator group
Description:
Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course
Treatment:
Other: Time based learning
Mastery based
Experimental group
Description:
Participants do follow the content of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course content based on their own pace (timeframe)
Treatment:
Other: Mastery based learning

Trial contacts and locations

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