Development and validation of structured training module for healthcare workers involved in managing pediatric patients during COVID‑19 pandemic using “Objective Structured Clinical Examination” (OSCE)
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1 Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India & Former Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, India
2 Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
3 Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India & Former Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, India
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: COVID‑19 (Coronavirus disease‑19) is an ongoing pandemic. COVID vaccineadministration in adults has provided some degree of protection from infection but children are stillsusceptible So, we have to be prepared to handle COVID‑19 infection in children by training ourhealthcare workers by updating both their knowledge and skills. We developed a training module totrain our healthcare workers in all domains of learning and also planned related assessment methodsto know the effectiveness of the module.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a quasi‑experimental study with pre‑ and post‑interventionconducted at a tertiary‑level teaching medical college in southern India from July to September 2021.The training module was developed as per the “ADDIE” model of the development process module.It was further validated by five experts before implementation. In addition to the quasi‑experimentalmethod of evaluation like pre‑ and post‑test, Observed Skill clinical examination (OSCE) had beenalso used as an assessment tool at the completion of training. A total of 92 participants have beentrained as per this module in our tertiary‑level care hospital. The association between continuousand categorical variables was assessed using an independent t‑test and ANOVA, and paired t‑testwas used for comparing the difference between pre‑ and post‑test scores.RESULTS: Pre‑test scores had no association with years of experience (P = 0.803) and previoustraining status of participants (P = 0.350). The mean difference of pre‑ and post‑test scores was 3.8and it was statistically significant (P value < 0.001) A weak positive correlation between pre‑ andpost‑test was present by the Spearmen correlation test (r = 0.337). The correlation between post‑testscore and OSCE score does not have a significant correlation.CONCLUSION: Structured training module was effective in training the participants. Multimodeassessment method (Pre‑test, Post‑test, and OSCE) is an important step to evaluate any trainingprogram as compared to only the pre‑ and post‑test methods of evaluation.
